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Us Against You
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Overview
Us Against You is a realistic fiction novel by Swedish author Fredrik Backman and was originally published in Sweden in 2017 by Bokförlaget Forum. In 2018, Washington Square Press (an imprint of Simon & Schuster) published Us Against You with a translation by Neil Smith. Backman is lauded for his depictions of small-town Swedish life and his ability to capture the many identities that even the smallest towns embody. Although his novels are about Sweden, they find a universal audience in their study of what makes societies function and fall apart, and what makes people need one another so passionately.
Plot Summary
Beartown is a hardworking community where the townspeople live for their hockey team. Their economy is suffering, and their town identity has recently been shaken by the rape of Maya Andersson, in which the town sided with Kevin Erdahl, the Beartown star hockey player who committed the crime. Now, Beartown is trying to heal, but the healing process will bring a rivalry between two towns—Beartown and Hed—and an accident that kills Vidar Rinnius, a Beartown hockey player who, despite his tough exterior, is kindhearted and falls in love with Maya’s best friend, Ana.
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