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| The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of his Window and Disappeared |
Just like the author, Jonas Jonasson, said about the title, I bought this book because its unique title. One full sentence that lead into such a great story. Simple but clear.
I know I would not find romantic stories but I didn't expect I would find this kind of story. Amazing, funny, imaginative, a bit brutal, and smart.
This book told a story of a 100-year-old man named Allan Karlsson. He 'escaped' from his care home by climbing out of his window. He walked away without any specific direction. Then, he ended up stole a suitcase from a criminal gang and his present adventure started there. Meanwhile, Jonasson invited us to look deeper at this old man's interesting and marvelous past life experiences.
If you know Forrest Gump, maybe you would recognize the similarities. A man on the right time and right place doing things he wanted to do without him being aware that he made such a huge contribution on human history. However, Allan story was darker than Forrest Gump: destroying buildings, making atomic bomb, or even killing people. He met
