Name: Beartown: A Novel
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Author: Fredrik Backman
ISBN: 9781501160769

Type

Physical Book

Author

Fredrik Backman

Publisher

Atria Books

Year

2017

Language

English

Pages

432

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

23.6 x 16.3 x 3.6 cm

Weight

0.59 kg.

ISBN13

9781501160769

Edition No.

N/A

Synopsis "Beartown: A Novel"

"You'll love this engrossing novel." --People From the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and Anxious People, Fredrik Backman captivates readers with a dazzling, profound novel about a small town with a big dream--and the price required to make it come true. People say Beartown is finished. A tiny community nestled deep in the forest, it is slowly losing ground to the ever-encroaching trees. But down by the lake stands an old ice rink, built generations ago by the working men who founded this town. And in that ice rink is the reason people in Beartown believe tomorrow will be better than today. Their junior ice hockey team is about to compete in the national semi-finals, and they actually have a shot at winning. All the hopes and dreams of this place now rest on the shoulders of a handful of teenage boys. Being responsible for the hopes of an entire town is a heavy burden, and the semi-final match is the catalyst for a violent act that will leave a young girl traumatized and a town in turmoil. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected. Beartown explores the hopes that bring a small community together, the secrets that tear it apart, and the courage it takes for an individual to go against the grain. In this story of a small forest town, Fredrik Backman has found the entire world.

Fredrik Backman

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Es el autor bestseller número uno del New York Times. Hizo su debut literario en 2012 con Un hombre llamado Ove. Perversamente divertidas, conmovedoras y sabias, las novelas de Fredrik Backman son odiseas del hombre y la mujer comunes y corrientes; relatos sorprendentemente conmovedores sobre el coraje cotidiano. Sus libros han vendido más de 18 millones de copias en 46 idiomas y la adaptación cinematográfica sueca de Un hombre llamado Ove, fue nominada a dos premios de la Academia. Vive en Estocolmo, Suecia, con su esposa y sus dos hijos.

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