02892cam a2200493 i 4500 1344441078 MeVbMML 20221012140232.0 220915t20222022nyu 000 1 eng d 9781982112790 1982112794 (OCoLC)1344441078 AJM eng swe e-sw--- 839.73/8 23/eng/20220829 B1264 .w Backman, Fredrik, 1981- author 5360 Vinnarna. English The winners : a novel / Fredrik Backman ; translated by Neil Smith First Atria Books hardcover edition New York : Simon & Schuster, 2022 ©2022 673 pages ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "Atria Books"--Spine Originally published in Sweden in 2021 by Forum as Vinnarna "Maya Andersson and Benji Ovich, two young people who left in search of a life far from the forest town, come home and joyfully reunite with their closest childhood friends. There is a new sense of optimism and purpose in the town, embodied in the impressive new ice rink that has been built down by the lake. Two years have passed since the events that no one wants to think about. Everyone has tried to move on, but there's something about this place that prevents it. The destruction caused by a ferocious late-summer storm reignites the old rivalry between Beartown and the neighboring town of Hed, a rivalry which has always been fought through their ice hockey teams. Maya's parents, Peter and Kira, are caught up in an investigation of the hockey club's murky finances, and Amat--once the star of the Beartown team--has lost his way after an injury and a failed attempt to get drafted into the NHL. Simmering tensions between the two towns turn into acts of intimidation and then violence. All the while, a fourteen-year-old boy grows increasingly alienated from this hockey-obsessed community and is determined to take revenge on the people he holds responsible for his beloved sister's death. He has a pistol and a plan that will leave Beartown with a loss that is almost more that it can stand"-- Provided by publisher In English, translated from Swedish BPL: David Winn Bishop and Isabel MacPherson Bishop Memorial Fund. Small cities Fiction 5977 Storms Fiction 11469 Corruption Fiction 8483 Revenge Fiction 8886 Sweden Fiction 6075 Hockey stories 12321 Novels. lcgft 50 Sports fiction. lcgft 6937 Smith, Neil (Neil Andrew), translator 5394 .b175450444 ddc BOOK 28522 28522 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2022-10-12 28.99 4 BACK 63977 2023-09-13 2023-06-15 2022-10-12 BOOK 1