Us against you : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 9781501163166
- ISBN: 1501163167
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1 online resource. - Publisher: New York ; Simon & Schuster Canada, 2018.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Translation of: Vi mot er. |
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Subject: | Competition (Psychology) -- Fiction Hockey teams -- Fiction City and town life -- Sweden -- Fiction Sweden -- Fiction City and town life Competition (Psychology) Hockey teams Sweden |
Genre: | Electronic books. Fiction. |
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Electronic resources
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2018 April #2
This follow-up to
Copyright 2018 Library Journal.Beartown is about hockeyâand everything else. Here the residents of Backman's isolated Swedish town, with some new additions, resume their lives where they left off at the end of the earlier novel. Since the history of each individual is examined and outlined in turn, new readers can catch up quickly. Some minor incidents in the first book play out in this one, exploding the little mines buried inBeartown . With a penchant for foreshadowing and then foiling readers' expectations, Backman widens the vision of the setting, encompassing the rival town of Hed and its own hockey team, made up of former players from Beartown's soon-to-be disbanded league. It's just a game, two teams, sticks and pucks. Us against you, doesn't that say it all?VERDICT There is even more potential for book group discussion here as Backman explores violence, political maneuvering, communities, feminism, sexuality, criminality, the role of sports in society, and what makes us all tick. [See Prepub Alert, 12/11/17.]âMary K. Bird-Guilliams, Chicago