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A Man Named Ove Decides to Die
Meet Ove, a 59-year-old man with an eccentric temper who wanders around the community with unbreakable principles, daily routines, and a temper that can explode at any time. He is secretly known as the "evil neighbor from hell." He patrols around early every morning, moving bicycles that have not parked in the grid, checking whether the garbage is sorted according to regulations, complaining about whose lawn is not mowed, and cursing the stray cat that has lost its fur. Endless. He wants to comm
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Anxious Person
What kind of helplessness and despair forced a middle-aged man to rob a cashless bank with a toy gun on the morning before the New Year. The robbers who failed in their operation fled in panic into an apartment for sale on the top floor of the building, which was full of potential buyers who were looking at the house. From there, the robbery turned into a hostage-taking case. However, things developed unexpectedly. There was no confrontation between police and robbers, and no fatal blow. After a
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List Life
Britt-Marie is the most boring 63-year-old woman you can imagine, because she doesn't allow any disturbance in her life. Get up on time at 6 o'clock every day, have a meal at 12 o'clock, never go out after dark, and keep the sheets spotlessly clean, otherwise it is not a "civilized person's behavior." She has many, many lists, and even has a checklist to record them all to ensure that she and her husband have a safe life. But how can life be planned with a list? Her husband cheated on her, and h
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Gift of Time
Everything in the world has a price, except time, every second is every second, and no one can bargain. So I am always on business trips and devote every minute and second of my life to work, because I firmly believe that creating wealth is the proper destination of time. At the age of 45, I became a successful man with a career and capital, but my wife and son left me. Cancer sent me to the hospital, and a week ago I met the five-year-old girl in the next ward. She used crayons to color chairs,
243Reads9.3Score119Shelves
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Don't Argue with Your Mother
"Don't Argue with Your Mom" is Buckman's first collection of non-fiction essays. It records all the crazy moments that a new dad experiences on the road to parenting, such as hanging around poop and bottles all day long; chasing after his children to collect chicken feathers all over the place; sacrificing personal time and even sleep; and at the same time, he has to keep up with the harsh requirements of modern society on parents. These articles were originally written by Buckman to his son,
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