Grandma says hello and apologizes
E-book, Czech
Grandma says hello and apologizes
An entertaining and thrilling new story from the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove
The novel Grandma Says Hello and Apologizes is written with the same ease as A Man Named Ove, but it is also moving and exciting. It is full of unexpected encounters, unlikely friendships and the enormous power of fairy tales and imagination.
Elsa is seven, almost eight, actually. Her grandmother is seventy-seven, almost seventy-eight, actually. Adults say Elsa is mature for her age, but they actually find her annoying. They say their grandmother is extremely lively, even if they mean that they find her crazy. Elsa is different from the others. She has no friends other than her grandmother, but she doesn't mind. Her grandmother tells her wonderful stories about a magical realm where no one and nothing is normal and being different is the biggest advantage there.
But even in the most beautiful fairy tales, sometimes an evil dragon appears and Elsa has to go into battle against the enemy all alone. He is to deliver a mysterious letter and tell the addressee that his grandmother apologizes and sends her regards. Little does he know that in his hands he holds the key to the greatest and most important adventure that has ever taken place in the realm of fantasy.
"A book that takes me as a reader on a divine journey, makes me cry and laugh, deserves the highest rating. I'm rarely so affected by something. "
Lottens Bokblogg
"Backman's main strength lies in this, by portraying the characters as grotesque and ridiculous caricatures, which he gradually fills in with such details, when even the stupidest and most obnoxious become if not outright multi-layered, so definitely human, and they're worth falling in love with. "
Svenska Dagblade
Fredrik Backman (*1981)
Born in Stockholm, he writes regular columns for Swedish newspapers and his blog. His first novel A Man Called Ove (2012; Czech Host 2014) has sold over 600,000 copies in Sweden alone and the rights have been sold to twenty-five countries. After his successful first book, the author published three more books: Saker min son behöver veta om världen (Everything My Son Needs to Know About the World, 2012), Grandma Says Hello and Apologizes (2013) and, in October 2014, the latest novel Britt-Marie var här (There Was a Britt-Marie).
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