Νικητές
Φρεντρικ Μπακμαν, 2022
Two forest towns, one shattering storm, and a hockey rink at the center of everything. A whole community's loyalties, rivalries and loves tested on a single night. A whole town holds its breath through one stormy night, tender and tense, in a warm, confiding storyteller's voice.
Feels like longing, hope and dread. About home, love and freedom.
Who it’s for
You may like this if you care about small communities, hockey, and the quiet loyalties between people. Be aware that grief and dread run through it, and the tension builds slowly before it breaks.
Why read it
It shows how a community's hopes and rivalries can rest on a single game, and what people do for the ones they love.
A page from the book
We know how the story ends, and yet we keep wishing it wouldn't.
Παραμύθια Όλοι όσοι γνώριζαν τον Μπένγιαμιν Όβιτς, και ιδιαίτερα εμείς που τον γνωρίζαμε τόσο καλά ώστε να τον φωνάζουμε Μπένγι, ήξεραν, και ξέραμε, ότι δεν ήταν άνθρωπος που θα είχε ευτυχισμένο τέλος. Παρ’ όλα αυτά το ελπίζαμε. Αχ, Θεέ μου, πόσο το ελπίζαμε... Η τελευταία γραμμή άμυνας της αγάπης είναι τα αφελή όνειρα, και τα έχουμε για να πείθουμε τον εαυτό μας ότι καμία τραγωδία δεν θα χτυπήσει τους ανθρώπους που αγαπάμε και ότι οι δικοί μας άνθρωποι θα ξεφύγουν από τη μοίρα. Για χάρη των αγαπημένων μας ονειρευόμαστε την αιώνια ζωή, ευχόμαστε να έχουμε σούπερ δυνάμεις και προσπαθούμε να κατασκευάζουμε μηχανές του χρόνου. Και ελπίζουμε μέχρι τελικής πτώσης. Όμως η αλήθεια είναι ότι τα παραμύθια που μιλάνε για αγόρια σαν τον Μπένγι σχεδόν ποτέ δεν τελειώνουν λέγοντάς μας ότι τα αγόρια αυτά κατάφεραν να γεράσουν. Φρεντρικ Μπακμαν.Fredrik Backman is from the Stockholm region; he wrote the manuscript while living in the small town of Björnstorp, and the fictional towns echo real Norrland communities torn between a rink and a mine.
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Questions readers ask
- Is Νικητές for me?
- You may like this if you care about small communities, hockey, and the quiet loyalties between people. Be aware that grief and dread run through it, and the tension builds slowly before it breaks.
- What is Νικητές like?
- A whole town holds its breath through one stormy night, tender and tense, in a warm, confiding storyteller's voice. Feels like longing, hope and dread. About home, love and freedom.
- What should I read after Νικητές?
- If you liked Νικητές, try The Night We Met (Abby Jimenez), Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer) and The Lucky One (Nicholas Sparks).
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