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Has anyone else read or listened to “A man called Ove”?

Asked by stanleybmanly (24153points) April 11th, 2019 from iPhone

Im in the early stages of listening to it and it’s an absolute crackup.

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LuckyGuy's avatar

I watched the video on Vimeo a couple of years ago. It was great! Ove is the grumpy old man next door.

janbb's avatar

Read the book and saw the movie. Very good and ultimately moving.

Jeruba's avatar

I saw the movie and liked it a lot.

janbb's avatar

^^ I actually enjoyed the movie more than the book, unusually enough.

LuckyGuy's avatar

I just checked. The movie is on Amazon Prime.

Demosthenes's avatar

Is a “crackup” a good or a bad thing? I don’t know that term :P

Kardamom's avatar

I read the book and loved it.

Cupcake's avatar

I’d like to read it. I didn’t know that this one was a movie, as well.

I read My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry and really enjoyed it.

Inspired_2write's avatar

I just looked up the link to the preview.
Its funny and has a great story line of his life and lessons learned.
However is it available in English and the book in English as well?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPoaN2XROk8

janbb's avatar

The book definitely in English. I think the film has subtitles but I don’t remember; it’s either dubbed or with subtitles.

Inspired_2write's avatar

@janbb I reserched on Amazon.ca and located a Blu-Ray in English..didn’t notice if subtitles ?
If it is subtitled I would then prefer to read it in English. I hate reading off a TV especially if the subtitles are in light color and the background is white during the movie in some scenes, then I don’t see it at all.
Here is that link to the DVD Blu-Ray ;
https://www.amazon.ca/Man-Called-Ove-Blu-ray/dp/B01KK0CUU2/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3RTF831MR14J&keywords=a+man+called+ove+movie&qid=1555084877&refinements=p_n_feature
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KNOWITALL's avatar

Read the book and loved it.

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