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Beartown: A Novel av Fredrik Backman
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Beartown: A Novel (utgåvan 2017)

av Fredrik Backman (Författare)

Serier: Beartown (1)

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4,1352302,861 (4.18)255
Vad betyder ett lag för en stad? Vad betyder en sport för en familj? Vad betyder en enda match för ett samhälle som kämpar för sin överlevnad? Bara allt. Den handlar om 15-åriga flickors odödliga vänskap och 17-åriga pojkar som spelar hockey med en hel stad på sina axlar.
Medlem:MysteryTea
Titel:Beartown: A Novel
Författare:Fredrik Backman (Författare)
Info:Atria Books (2017), Edition: Translation, 432 pages
Samlingar:Lästa men inte ägda
Betyg:****
Taggar:at-vpl, other-fiction

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Beartown tells the story of teenagers coming of age in a small Swedish town where ice hockey is the main pastime for the highschool players and the entire town who come to watch and cheer on the towns team.
While the story was ok, particularly the class issues of the haves vs the have nots. I became bored with the detail with which the hockeygames were detailed. ( )
  AstridG | Mar 29, 2024 |
I would give this book 10 stars if I could. Wow. Just wow.
I’ve been trying to figure out how to explain what makes this book so incredibly special. The story itself isn’t especially unique and the beginning does read a bit slow...but, wow, the writing is so emotional. Every sentence makes you feel like you’re that character experiencing all of it. The character development is great. I want to know more about all of them and yet I feel like I do know them.
And everything feels so real...thoughts that the characters had, things that were said, how they were said, reactions to different events...it didn’t feel like a story, it felt like I was experiencing it all with real people.
Wonderful, wonderful book and I look forward to reading more by this author. ( )
  jbrownleo | Mar 27, 2024 |
A fantastic reading experience. I haven’t heard of this writer before, so Bear Town was a pleasant surprise. This is a societal case study on humanity, its complex social interactions and its derivative subjective moralities. The setting is what I assume to be a Scandinavian country with people “as tough as the forest - as hard as the ice” . And let me tell you, the author brings the people of Bear Town alive just A fantastic reading experience. I haven’t heard of this writer before, so Bear Town was a pleasant surprise. This is a societal case study on humanity, its complex social interactions and its derivative subjective moralities. The setting is what I assume to be a Scandinavian country with people “as tough as the forest - as hard as the ice” . And let me tell you, the author brings the people of Bear Town as alive as they were real - A people whose universe revolves around ice hockey and are willing to sacrifice anything to the altar of puck and skates. Yet, this is not sports fiction or mystery writing. First and foremost I would categorize Fredrick Backman as a work of literature. It is the quality of his writing and the meaningful interaction of his characters that manages to elevate his work beyond mere entertainment fiction. Well done Mr. Bachmann. as they were real - A people whose universe revolves around ice hockey and are willing to sacrifice anything to the altar of puck and skates. Yet, this is not sports fiction or mystery writing. First and foremost I would categorize Fredrick Backman as a work of literature. It is the quality of his writing and the meaningful interaction of his characters that manages to elevate his work beyond mere entertainment fiction. Well done Mr. Bachmann. A fantastic reading experience. I haven’t heard of this writer before, so Bear Town was a pleasant surprise. This is a societal case study on humanity, its complex social interactions and its derivative subjective moralities. The setting is what I assume to be a Scandinavian country with people “as tough as the forest - as hard as the ice” . And let me tell you, the author brings the people of Bear Town as alive as they were real - A people whose universe revolves around ice hockey and are willing to sacrifice anything to the altar of puck and skates. Yet, this is not sports fiction or mystery writing. First and foremost, I would categorize Fredrick Backman as a work of literature. It is the quality of his writing and the meaningful interaction of his characters that manages to elevate his work beyond mere entertainment fiction. Well done Mr. Bachmann. ( )
  nitrolpost | Mar 19, 2024 |
I read this for the "Title Beginning With B" part of my 2020 reading challenge. This one was hard for me to review. The first half I found pretty dull and lifeless, and I'm really not interested in small town hockey teams. The second half really switched focus and it was well written, but I'm not sure I enjoyed it. I know what the girl went through happens on a daily basis and it's terrible women aren't believed when they should be, but the whole town being against her is hard to accept. ( )
  Linyarai | Mar 6, 2024 |
Thought-provoking novel. KIRKUS REVIEWIn Beartown, where the people are as "tough as the forest, as hard as the ice," the star player on the beloved hockey team is accused of rape, and the town turns upon itself.Swedish novelist Backman?s (A Man Called Ove, 2014, etc.) story quickly becomes a rich exploration of the culture of hockey, a sport whose acolytes see it as a violent liturgy on ice. Beartown explodes after rape charges are brought against the talented Kevin, son of privilege and influence, who's nearly untouchable because of his transcendent talent. The victim is Maya, the teenage daughter of the hockey club?s much-admired general manager, Peter, another Beartown golden boy, a hockey star who made it to the NHL. Peter was lured home to bring winning hockey back to Beartown. Now, after years of despair, the local club is on the cusp of a championship, but not without Kevin. Backman is a masterful writer, his characters familiar yet distinct, flawed yet heroic. Despite his love for hockey, where fights are part of the game, Peter hates violence. Kira, his wife, is an attorney with an aggressive, take-no-prisoners demeanor. Minor characters include Sune, "the man who has been coach of Beartown's A-team since Peter was a boy," whom the sponsors now want fired. There are scenes that bring tears, scenes of gut-wrenching despair, and moments of sly humor: the club president?s table manners are so crude "you can?t help wondering if he?s actually misunderstood the whole concept of eating." Like Friday Night Lights, this is about more than youth sports; it's part coming-of-age novel, part study of moral failure, and finally a chronicle of groupthink in which an unlikely hero steps forward to save more than one person from self-destruction.A thoroughly empathetic examination of the fragile human spirit, Backman?s latest will resonate a long time.
  bentstoker | Jan 26, 2024 |
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The bestselling author of A Man Called Ove tells a poignant story of a hockey town paralyzed by scandal. Jobs are disappearing and Beartown is slowly dying, so for its citizens, hockey is everything. Backman asks, “Why does everyone care about hockey? Because hockey tells stories.” This is the story not just of hockey, but of a 15-year-old named Maya Andersson, whose father, Peter, the general manager of the hockey club, loves hockey, but loves his family more. Seventeen-year-old Kevin Erdahl is the star of Beartown, with a chance to go professional. One night, after a huge win, Maya goes to a raucous party at Kevin’s house and is thrilled at his attention, but things get out of hand, and what takes place changes Beartown forever. Lest readers think hockey is the star here, it’s Backman’s rich characters that steal the show, and his deft handling of tragedy and its effects on an insular town. While the story is dark at times, love, sacrifice, and the bonds of friendship and family shine through, ultimately offering hope and even redemption. Backman veers close to the saccharine, but readers may be too spellbound to notice.
tillagd av VivienneR | ändraPublisher's Weekly (Feb 17, 2017)
 

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Författarens namnRollTyp av författareVerk?Status
Backman, FredrikFörfattareprimär författarealla utgåvorbekräftat
Ireland, MarinBerättaremedförfattarevissa utgåvorbekräftat
Smith, NeilÖversättaremedförfattarevissa utgåvorbekräftat

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For my grandmother, Saga Backman, who taught me to love sports. What a quiet life I would have lived without her. I hope that the big bar in heaven serves proper dry martinis, and that they always show Wimbledon on the big screen. I miss you.

And for Neda Shafti-Backman, my funniest, smartest, more arguentative best friend who picks me up when I need it, and keeps my feet on the grund when I deserve it.
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Late one evening toward the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barreled shotgun, walked into the forest, put the gun to someone else's forehead, and pulled the trigger.
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