The Resource Beartown : a novel, Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith
Beartown : a novel, Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith
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- Summary
- "Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly mean everything to Amat, a short, scrawny teenager who is treated like an outcast everywhere but on the ice; to Kevin, a star player just on the cusp of securing his golden future in the NHL; and to Peter, their dedicated general manager whose own professional hockey career ended in tragedy. At first, it seems like the team might have a shot at fulfilling the dreams of their entire town. But one night at a drunken celebration following a key win, something happens between Kevin and the general manager's daughter--and the next day everything seems to have changed. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected. With so much riding on the success of the team, the line between loyalty and betrayal becomes difficult to discern. At last, it falls to one young man to find the courage to speak the truth that it seems no one else wants to hear."-
- Language
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- eng
- swe
- eng
- Edition
- First Washington Square Press/Atria paperback edition.
- Extent
- 418 pages
- Note
- Includes a Readers Club Guide
- Isbn
- 9781501160776
- Label
- Beartown : a novel
- Title
- Beartown
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith
- Language
-
- eng
- swe
- eng
- Summary
- "Winning a junior ice hockey championship might not mean a lot to the average person, but it means everything to the residents of Beartown, a community slowly being eaten alive by unemployment and the surrounding wilderness. A victory like this would draw national attention to the ailing town: it could attract government funding and an influx of talented athletes who would choose Beartown over the big nearby cities. A victory like this would certainly mean everything to Amat, a short, scrawny teenager who is treated like an outcast everywhere but on the ice; to Kevin, a star player just on the cusp of securing his golden future in the NHL; and to Peter, their dedicated general manager whose own professional hockey career ended in tragedy. At first, it seems like the team might have a shot at fulfilling the dreams of their entire town. But one night at a drunken celebration following a key win, something happens between Kevin and the general manager's daughter--and the next day everything seems to have changed. Accusations are made and, like ripples on a pond, they travel through all of Beartown, leaving no resident unaffected. With so much riding on the success of the team, the line between loyalty and betrayal becomes difficult to discern. At last, it falls to one young man to find the courage to speak the truth that it seems no one else wants to hear."-
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1981-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Backman, Fredrik
- Dewey number
- [FIC]
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- Translated into English from original Swedish
- LC call number
- PT9877.12.A32
- LC item number
- B5613 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Smith, Neil
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Hockey stories
- Scandals
- FICTION
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Sweden
- Hockey stories
- Scandals
- Sweden
- Label
- Beartown : a novel, Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith
- Note
- Includes a Readers Club Guide
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn989963814
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Washington Square Press/Atria paperback edition.
- Extent
- 418 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501160776
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)989963814
- Label
- Beartown : a novel, Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith
- Note
- Includes a Readers Club Guide
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn989963814
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- First Washington Square Press/Atria paperback edition.
- Extent
- 418 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501160776
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)989963814
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