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Apr 25, 2019 · A poignant, charming novel about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined.
Anxious People (original title in Swedish: Folk med ångest) is a novel by Swedish writer Fredrik Backman published by Månpocket in 2019. [1] The novel was published in English in 2021. [2] It was adapted into a Netflix television series of the same name, which premiered on 29 December 2021.
A poignant comedy about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and “writer of astonishing depth” (The Washington Times) comes a poignant comedy about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined.
- Fredrik Backman
Sep 8, 2020 · Rich with Fredrik Backman’s “pitch-perfect dialogue and an unparalleled understanding of human nature” (Shelf Awareness), Anxious People is an ingeniously constructed story about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope—the things that save us, even in the most anxious times.
Fredrik Backman’s 2019 novel Anxious People is a work of adult fiction that follows the lives of various characters and demonstrates how their anxieties, hopes, and fears intertwine.
Anxious People Summary. Ten years ago, a man lost everything in a stock market crash. He wrote a letter to a woman in a bank who denied him a loan to pay his debts telling her “everything he wanted her to know,” and then he stood on a bridge. A teenage boy, Jack, tried to talk him down—but the man jumped anyway.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Man Called Ove and “writer of astonishing depth” (The Washington Times) comes a poignant comedy about a crime that never took place, a would-be bank robber who disappears into thin air, and eight extremely anxious strangers who find they have more in common than they ever imagined.
Humorous, compassionate, and wise, Anxious People is an ingeniously constructed story about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope—the things that save us, even in the most anxious of times.
A bank robber holds the visitors of an open house hostage and then promptly vanishes, leaving the police baffled — and suspicious of everyone. Watch trailers & learn more.
