Beartown by Fredrik Backman is a heartbreaking and beautifully written novel set in a small Swedish forest town where ice hockey isn’t just a game—it’s everything. When the junior hockey team stands on the brink of bringing glory back to their struggling community, a violent act shatters everything and forces the town to confront uncomfortable truths about loyalty, power, and silence.

What Makes Beartown Essential Reading

This isn’t just a sports novel. Backman masterfully weaves together multiple perspectives to show how one incident can fracture an entire community. The story examines sexual assault, power dynamics, and collective responsibility with nuance and empathy, never shying away from difficult questions about what we owe each other.

Complex, unforgettable characters populate every page—from teenagers navigating impossible choices to parents wrestling with their own failures. Each character feels achingly real, flawed and relatable in equal measure.

Book Details

• Author: Fredrik Backman (author of A Man Called Ove)
• Publisher: Atria Books
• Pages: 432 (paperback edition)
• Published: 2017
• ISBN: 9781501160769
• Condition: Used paperback
• Price: LKR 2,900

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“The world is built on love and hate, but it’s also built on the silence in between.” This is the first book in the acclaimed Beartown series—a modern classic of literary fiction.