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About the product To the attention of everyone who knows a lot about Scandinavian literature, and especially Swedish: the long-awaited novel by Fredrik Buckman «The Second Life of Uwe» has finally been released in Russian! The Swedes export mainly three categories of texts to the world market: detective stories (from luminaries — May Cheval with Per Valle and Hennig Mankell — to Lisa Marklund and Lars Kepler); psychological prose (from Strindberg and Lagerkvist to Maigull Axelsson and Karin Alvtegen); and, finally, humorous prose. On the Russian market, this latter genre is represented the poorest of all (only the creepy Yunas Junasson «A hundred years and a suitcase of money to boot» comes to mind), but it’s a pity: Swedish humor is a separate phenomenon that combines minimalism and equanimity with absurdity, if not chernukha. The new novel aims to fill this empty and so necessary literary niche for us today. Who is he, Fredrik Buckman? Born in 1981 in the city of Helsingborg in southern Sweden, he studied the history of religion at the university, but gave up, becoming a truck driver instead of a religious scholar. At the same time, he began writing for local newspapers and blogging on their websites. And then, in 2012, he released a novel — «The Second Life of Uwe» — and woke up famous. The book was appreciated by readers, publishers from other countries (it has already been translated into a dozen languages), playwrights (the play based on the book premiered at the end of 2015 — and there are still queues for tickets) — and, finally, filmmakers (in Sweden, the adaptation of Hannes Holm became blockbuster, and the Russians will see the film in the near future). The author continues his literary work, raises his son, writes feuilletons and posts — but if anything, then at any moment, according to his own assurances, he is ready to return to the steering wheel of the truck. a rather quarrelsome 59-year-old man who drives a Saab and always clings to his neighbors, should they throw garbage in the wrong container or enter the village by car, although the sign says in Swedish and white that this is strictly prohibited. » But they are not born absurd old people. Just a tender, loving heart from loneliness is covered with a hard crust, and neatness, thoroughness and handiness, as unnecessary, turn into captiousness to a new, frivolous generation. A resentment towards the world is ripening inside, life becomes a burden, a hand reaches for a rope with a noose — but life is unpredictable. She breaks all plans, including this kind. And at the most inopportune moment, it would seem, all of Uwe’s talents were in demand, and this began! .. Fredrik Backman: «This is a funny book, one of those that help pass the time at a bus stop or at the airport. But I hope I managed tell something else in it — both about Uwe and about myself.Something about my dad’s generation — and something about mine.About the cars we drive, about women we fall in love with, about computers that we are pissed off, and about the things we are afraid of. «A worldwide phenomenon: a book about an angry grumpy Uwe at first broke all sales records in the Scandinavian countries, then won the hearts of readers in Europe, and now it is rapidly conquering America — it has not left the top ten bestsellers for almost six months.» New York Times». The rights to its publication have been sold to 31 countries of the world. The Swedish film adaptation of the book has become one of the most successful films in the country over the past half century, and the theatrical production in Stockholm is very popular.This sullen Uwe brings us back a little faith in humanity Litteratur Magazinet Special design: cuff. …
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