A MAN CALLED OVE BUYS A COMPUTER THAT IS NOT A COMPUTER Ove is fifty-nine.

Old man named ove. En mann ved navn Ove A man named Ove is a Swedish-Norwegian co-production based on a success novel by the same name by Fredrik Backman about a somewhat naive and grumpy man of 59 Ove. The story moves back and forth between Ove s childhood and his life as a fifty-nine-year-old man in Sweden. The man who lost his wife Sonja to cancer and wants nothing more than to kill himself in peace.

Swedish author Fredrik Backmans 2012 novel A Man Called Ove tells the darkly humorous story of Ove a 59-year-old Swedish man struggling to find purpose in his life. A man from the directors office stopped Ove and asked him if hed be interested in staying on and Ove agreed. After his first two weeks working on the railways Ove sadly left the changing rooms.

Henry and Samuel rank among the top names in the US while in the UK Harry Leo and Oscar are all among their most popular baby names. One day Ove is sent to clean out a railway car with Tom a mean and selfish coworker. A few months after his wife passes away he decides to kill himself making careful preparations.

Written by Anastasia Melnyk This book is about the old man Ove who at first sight seems like a typical grumbling grandfather. Hes the kind of man who points at people he doesnt like the look of as if they were burglars and his forefinger a policemans torch. A Man Called Ove is about a curmudgeonly 59-year old widower who lashes out at his neighbors and anybody else when they violate his very strict perception of how things ought to be.

Old man names have been fashionable for baby boys for so long now that many of them have morphed into popular baby names. The same age as the character he plays. Now lacking purpose and overwhelmed by grief for his late wife Ove finds himself contemplating suicide.

When the book opens Oves wife Sonja has recently died. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman is a story of a grumpy old man who points at people he dislikes as if they are burglars caught outside his bedroom window. To qualify as a cool Old Man Name a name.