Us // David Nicholls [engelska]

”Us is a quiet joy, written with an undemonstrative simplicity that is hard to achieve.”
Tim Auld, The Telegraph

”I think Us is a perfect book.”
Matt Cain, The Independent

A novel about a marriage on its last trip. Biochemist Douglas Petersen has planned a grand tour of Europe for his wife Connie and their teenage son Albie, and then Connie tells him she thinks she wants to leave. The journey goes ahead anyway.

David Nicholls is a British writer, best known for One Day. Us was longlisted for the Booker Prize in 2014 and adapted by the BBC in 2020, with Tom Hollander and Saskia Reeves.

For readers who like funny, sad novels about ordinary family life. What readers come back for is Douglas, who is wrong about almost everything and still hard to give up on.

Sold at Akademibokhandeln for 169 kr.

”Nicholls is a deft craftsman, a skilled storyteller and a keen observer of contemporary mores.”
Jay McInerney, The New York Times

”Touching, funny, sad and extremely frustrating. Douglas tells their story in pieces, following their Grand Tour of Europe while reminiscing about the last 25 years. It's a tale of love and friendship, and how they learned to accommodate each other as they bumped along through successes and over tragedies.”
PattyMacDotComma, Goodreads