Us against you : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Swedish Series: Backman, Fredrik, Bjornstad ; [2]Edition: First Atria books hardcover editionDescription: 435 pages ; 24 cmISBN: 9781501160790; 1501160796; 9781501160806; 150116080XUniform titles: Vi mot er. English Subject(s): Hockey stories | City and town life -- Sweden -- Fiction | City and town life -- Sweden -- Fiction | Hockey teams -- Fiction | Sweden -- FictionGenre/Form: Sports fiction. | Novels.Additional physical formats: Online version:: Us against you.DDC classification: 839.73/8 LOC classification: PT9877.12.A32 | V513 2018Summary: "A small community tucked deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people who don't expect life to be easy or fair. No matter how difficult times get, they've always been able to take pride in their local ice hockey team. So it's a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in the neighboring town of Hed, take in that fact. As the tension mounts between the two adversaries, a newcomer arrives who gives Beartown hockey a surprising new coach and a chance at a comeback."--Dust jacket
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"Originally published in Sweden in 2017 by Bokforlager Forum as Vi mot er." -- Title page verso.,
"A small community tucked deep in the forest, Beartown is home to tough, hardworking people who don't expect life to be easy or fair. No matter how difficult times get, they've always been able to take pride in their local ice hockey team. So it's a cruel blow when they hear that Beartown ice hockey might soon be disbanded. What makes it worse is the obvious satisfaction that all the former Beartown players, who now play for a rival team in the neighboring town of Hed, take in that fact. As the tension mounts between the two adversaries, a newcomer arrives who gives Beartown hockey a surprising new coach and a chance at a comeback."--Dust jacket
In English, translated from the Swedish
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