My sister. Who is stronger than a lion.
My mother. Who taught me to read.
Astrid Lindgren. Who taught me to love it.
All the librarians of my childhood. Who saw that a boy was afraid of heights and lent him wings.
Thanks also to:
My Obi-Wan, Niklas Natt och Dag. My editor, John Häggblom.
My agent, Jonas Axelsson. The language attack force, Vanja Vinter. Fredrik Söderlund (for letting me borrow the Noween).
Johan Zillén (who got it before all others). Kersti Forsberg (for giving a kid a chance once). Nils Olsson (for two amazing covers). All who have been involved in both this book and A Man Called Ove at Forum, Månpocket, Bonnier Audio, Bonnier Agency, Tre Vänner, and Partners in Stories. An extra thanks in advance to the linguistic “besserwissers” who will no doubt locate the grammatical failings in the names of the seven kingdoms (tense high-five).
Most of all thanks to you who read. Without whose highly dubious judgment I would very likely have to go out and find myself a proper job.
If you liked Elsa and her grandmother, just wait 'til you meet Ove.
In this delightful debut novel, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.
Man Called Ove
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Backman, Fredrik, 1981–
[Min mormor hälsar och saäger förlåt. English]
My grandmother asked me to tell you she’s sorry : a novel / by Fredrik Backman ; translated from the Swedish by Henning Koch.
pages cm
1. Originally published as: Min mormor hälsar och saäger förlåt. Stockholm : Månpocket, 2013. 2. Grandparent and child—Fiction. 3. Grandmothers—Death—Fiction. 4. Girls—Fiction. 5. Individuality—Fiction. 6. Fairy tales—Fiction. 7. Life change events—Fiction. I. Koch, Henning, 1962– translator. II. Title.
PT9877.12.A32M5613 2015
839.73'8—dc23
2015000829
ISBN 978-1-5011-1506-6
ISBN 978-1-5011-1508-0 (ebook)
Fredrik Backman, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
(Series: # )
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