- Sweden, fiction, Fiction, family life, Grandparents, fiction, Fiction, psychological
An exquisitely moving portrait of an elderly man’s struggle to hold on to his most precious memories, and his family’s efforts to care for him even as they must find a way to let go.
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Earnest, contemplative, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Fredrik Backman, David Morse
- First published
- 2016
- Pages
- 96
- Publisher
- Atria Books, Simon & Schuster Audio
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781501160578
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