About:
Stockholm by Noa Yedlin is a dark comedy about an older group of friends (late 60s, early 70s) attempting to keep secret the death of a friend. Ms. Yedlin is an award-winning Israeli writer.
- 384 pages
- Publisher : HarperVia
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 384 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0063310813
My rating for Stockholm – 5
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Thoughts:
This is an original dark comedy, with a flowing narrative and very entertaining. The story is somewhat bombastic, but it’s a silly premise to tell a character-driven tale.
It’s hilarious that the MacGuffin in Stockholm by Noa Yedlin is the death of a good friend which has everything and has nothing to do with the plot. The story is about an aging generation, their fears, demands by children and grandchildren, retirement, technology, and the need to reinvent yourself at an advanced age.
A fun book, filled with humor that also tries to answer meaningful questions, while also shine a light on the characters’ insecurities. These older folks find themselves attempting to redefine what is a partnership, family, and society. Some of them value privacy, while others simply don’t care anymore.
All things everyone have to deal with, but not at that age.
I haven’t read many books about people who are older than 70. Each chapter, or section, is written from the point of view of a different person which makes the reading interesting. One of the characters I found to a lot in common with and it was easy to read, others I had nothing in common but enjoyed their sections, and others were just OK. But the fact that we don’t all like the same thing is part of the narrative, and I think made the book better.
This book simply works!
Synopsis:
Yehuda is an economist who is having a tough time publishing his book. The one way he is most likely to publish is if his childhood friend, Avishay wins the Nobel Prize and writes an introduction.
But Avishay died, and the Nobel committee doesn’t award the prize posthumously.
Yehuda’s friends have their own motives to participate in the ruse. Zohara is Avishay’s secret lover and is afraid she will be left out. Nili just loves the excitement, and Amos is an academic who wants to show he is not jealous of his colleagues’ success.
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Zohar — Man of la Book
Disclaimer: I got this book for free
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