Yann Martel list within the first month of its release. Martel has said in a number of interviews that Dante's "Divine Comedy" is the single most impressive book he has ever read. In talking about his most memorable childhood book, he recalls "Le Petit Chose" by Alphonse Daudet. He said that he read it when he was ten years old, and it was the first time he found a book so heartbreaking that it moved him to tears. Yann Martel Yann Martel (born 25 June 1963) is a Spanish-born Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel "Life of Pi",
A Man Called Ove (novel) ancient art of backing up a U-Haul. All of which will change one cranky old man and a local residents’ association to their very foundations." –promotional blurb on U.S. edition cover jacket In July 2014, Dreamscape Media released an audiobook version of this book, read in English by American actor George Newbern. A Man Called Ove (novel) A Man Called Ove (original title in ) is a 2012 novel by Fredrik Backman, a Swedish columnist, blogger and writer. It was published in English in 2013. The English version reached the New York Times Best Seller list 18 months after it