by Fredrik Backman · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783596033317
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«Britt-Marie war hier» is the novel by Fredrik Backman, published by Fischer in paperback (398 pages, in German).
After forty years of waiting for her life to begin, Britt-Marie leaves her husband and looks for work. She arrives in Borg, a town with no jobs where only a passion for football remains. Despite not really understanding the sport, she agrees to coach the children's team and among peculiar neighbours discovers a new way to start.
Original title: Britt-Marie var här (2014); German translation by Stefanie Werner. Nominated for the 2018 Dublin Literary Award.
For readers who enjoy bittersweet stories with humour and female protagonists, and for readers of Fredrik Backman.
Fredrik Backman is a Swedish author, blogger, and columnist. He wrote A Man Called Ove (2012), Things My Son Needs to Know about the World (2012), My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry (2013), Britt-Marie Was Here (2014), Beartown (2017), Us Against You (2018), Anxious People (2020), The Winners (2022), and My Friends (2025). The books were number one bestsellers in Sweden and have been published in more than twenty-five languages.
