Karl Ove Knausgaard has 46 books on Goodreads with 123838 ratings. Karl Ove Knausgaard’s most popular book is Min kamp 1 (Min kamp, #1)., A man who spent his life contemplating. A Man Called Ove. Ove (pronounced 'Oo-veh') is a cantankerous, taciturn, inflexible man. He's a veritable stick in the mudslide of human advancement, futilely rebelling against it. He thinks himself surrounded by idiots, with people always disappointing him., New York Times bestselling author Francine Rivers continues to win both industry acclaim and reader loyalty around the globe. Her numerous bestsellers include Redeeming Love, A Voice in the Wind, and Bridge to Haven, and her work has been translated into more than thirty different languages. She is a member of Romance Writers of America's coveted Hall of Fame as well as a recipient of the , The time when Ove actually dies, Parvaneh takes it as a natural thing unlike the first time and that is why she thanks Sonja for the loan. (My interpretation) (hide spoiler)], Ove's treatment of the cat in many instances made me cringe - oh, that poor cat! But the cat was sort of this pivotal character, in a way, because though the story began with Ove having no anchor in the world, the cat became one of those anchors., Having left his first wife, Karl Ove Knausgaard moves to Stockholm, Sweden, where he leads a solitary existence. He strikes up a deep friendship with another exiled Norwegian, a Nietzschean intellectual and boxing fanatic named Geir. He also tracks down Linda, whom he met at a writers' workshop a few years earlier and who fascinated him deeply. Book Two is at heart a love story—the story of .