Kaethe answers “Does anyone else think at Ove is autistic...”

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Does anyone else think at Ove is autistic or on the spectrum? It's pretty obvious to me. It's not marketed in that way, but he for sure is.

Kaethe Yes, but I don't think the author was trying to write a character on the spectrum. Sonja's father and Rune are presented with many of the same charact…moreYes, but I don't think the author was trying to write a character on the spectrum. Sonja's father and Rune are presented with many of the same characteristics, as if this is how all men used to be. Whereas women are just naturally good at making friends. Only the 7-year-old girl is described as being anything like these men. Like Baron-Cohen, and many others, I suspect the author considers autism to be a sort of hyper-masculinity.(less)

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A Man Called Ove

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