Us Against You

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Price
$17.99  $16.73
Publisher
Atria Books
Publish Date
Pages
448
Dimensions
5.3 X 8.2 X 1.2 inches | 1.05 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781501160806

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About the Author
Fredrik Backman is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry, Britt-Marie Was Here, Beartown, Us Against You, and Anxious People, as well as two novellas and one work of nonfiction. His books are published in more than forty countries. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and two children. Connect with him on Facebook and Twitter @BackmanLand and on Instagram @Backmansk.
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PRAISE FOR US AGAINST YOU

"What you get in a Fredrik Backman work is wonderful writing and brilliant insights into things that truly matter--right vs. wrong, fear vs. courage, love vs. hate, the importance and limits of friendship and loyalty, and more. Fredrik Backman is one of the world's best and most interesting novelists. He is a giant among the world's great novelists--and this literary giant is still growing."-- "Washington Times"
"[Backman] creates an astute emotional world much bigger than a small Swedish town...A novel you can sink into."-- "Chicago Tribune"
"Deftly explores recovery and rebirth."-- "US Weekly"
"If Alexander McCall Smith's and Maeve Binchy's novels had a love child, the result would be the work of Swedish writer Fredrik Backman...With his wry acceptance of foible and failure, Backman combines a singular style with a large and compassionate perspective for his characters...[His] novels have wide appeal, and for good reason. Us Against You takes a lyrical look at how a community heals, how families recover and how individuals grow."-- "The Washington Post"
"Backman (A Man Called Ove) returns to the hockey-obsessed village of his previous novel Beartown to chronicle the passion, violence, resilience, and humanity of the people who live there in this engrossing tale of small-town Swedish life... Backman's excellent novel has an atmosphere of both Scandinavian folktale and Greek tragedy. Darkness and grit exist alongside tenderness and levity, creating a blunt realism that brings the setting's small-town atmosphere to vivid life."-- "Publishers Weekly"
"Evident in all [Backman] novels is an apparent ability to state a truth about humanity with breathtaking elegance." -- "Kirkus"