Relatable Inner Critics For Reducing Stress
How Fredrik Backman makes the characters in his books so relatable.
[Unobstructed Issue No. 016]
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Your weekly spotlight.
Fredrik Backman’s 4 minute speech at the Simon & Schuster centennial.
This video perfectly encapsulates the wry, self-critical inner voice that make his characters and their storylines so relatable. I won’t give away all of his punchlines from the speech, but I will recommend you read one of his books.
“In Sweden we have Ikea and depression. Swedish depression is just like American depression; except, it’s cheaper and you have to assemble it yourself.”
Fredrik Backman is the international best-selling author behind the novel, A Man Called Ove, and its Netflix adaptation, A Man Called Otto, with Tom Hanks. Some of his other notable works include the Beartown trilogy, Anxious People, and My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry.
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