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Bezig met laden... My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (origineel 2013; editie 2016)door Fredrik Backman (Auteur), Henning Koch (Vertaler)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This is the most heart felt, real life interpretation mixed with a child's fairy tale point of view. I laughed and I most definitely cried like I haven't in forever. Elsa captivated my heart and soul. She made me feel her every hurt, frustrated, anger and sorrow moment. You go on an extraordinary journey that will leave you looking at the world in a a new way. I enjoyed this book! I laughed, I cried, I wondered and I leaned. Elsa (age almost 8) and her grandmother (Granny) have a uniquely special and very close relationship. Granny shares fairy tales to help Elsa cope with her challenges ( her parents divorce, bullying at school, no friends etc). When Granny learns she is dying of cancer, she writes letters to all the people in the house where they live and asks Elsa to take on a quest. Through the delivering of these letters, Elsa learns about her grandmother and all the tenants in the house in a way she couldn’t have done otherwise. She also recognizes these people are characters in the fairy tales. There’s more connections in this house (flat) than it appears at first. Elsa is precocious and understands people more than they realize and yet she is vulnerable and insecure and needs her ‘protectors’ and new friends. Losing her grandmother is incredibly difficult and yet through the quest, she learns to build relationships with her mom and dad and others and find happiness. Well written and heartwarming with very real characters. Another quirky book by Backman. Strange unique characters that over time engage you the reader, and grow in depth to where you understand those parts of their character that seem so strange at the beginning. This story follows Elsa and her grandmother. You won't counter several characters in a fairyland that is a representation of Elsa's real life. Well worth the journey. I see in this book the authors development that will come to fruition in the Beartown books.
A contemporary fairy tale from the whimsical author of A Man Called Ove (2014)...This is a more complex tale than Backman’s debut, and it is intricately, if not impeccably, woven. The third-person narrative voice, when aligned with Elsa’s perspective, reveals heartfelt, innocent observations, but when moving toward omniscience, it can read as too clever by half. Given a choice, Backman seems more likely to choose poignancy over logic; luckily, the choice is not often necessary. As in A Man Called Ove, there are clear themes here, nominally: the importance of stories; the honesty of children; and the obtuseness of most adults, putting him firmly in league with the likes of Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman. A touching, sometimes-funny, often wise portrait of grief. Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)PrijzenOnderscheidingenErelijsten
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)839.73Literature German literature and literatures of related languages Other Germanic literatures Swedish literature Swedish fictionLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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