The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared (original 2009; edition 2012)

by Jonas Jonasson, Rod Bradbury

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Title:	The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Authors:	Jonas Jonasson
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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson (2009)

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és un disbarat i un cúmul de desproposits.. se m'ha fet molt llarg, divertit suposo (

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gatxanshan | May 18, 2013 |

A great book - a bit unbelievable in a Forest Gumpy sort of a way, but funny and entertaining. (

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PaulaCheg | May 12, 2013 |

This book seemed a mixture between Forest Gump and A Fraction of the Whole. While it was lauded as a hilarious book, and at times it was, I didn't like the fact that a few murders occurred. I don't find murder funny, even fictionally. (

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BoundTogetherForGood | May 12, 2013 |

a great story with so much fun and fantasy thatbit reminds me of Der 35. Mai by Erich Kaestner. just Petersilir was missing.
a lost elephant, some robber who turn out to be nice, a few murders which were actually accidents and thrn the bodies vanish in a very creative way. i could not stop because i needed to know how that crazy story will end.
and even though Allan did not like politics, he was probably thr person who had the most influence on politics than any of thr presidents he met.
made me laugh out loud and giggle. (

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kakadoo202 | May 10, 2013 |

It wasn't holding my attention, I didn't like the language, and I think it was "trying too hard." (

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Stalin synger svenske drikkeviser, og Truman blir dritings .Forrest Gump som hundreåring i ny bok.
ANMELDELSE: Han redder general Franco, riktignok etter først å ha plassert en bombe for å drepe ham. Han avverger et attentat mot Churchill, og gir Oppenheimer den endelige løsningen på formelen for atombomben.

Det rene soap altså. Samtidig er det — på sin høyst skakke og fantasifulle måte — en fantastisk reise gjennom forrige århundre.

Jonas Jonassen er intelligent, vittig og systemkritisk, der han harver over alt fra fjollete politifolk, rasehygienikere og despoters ideologiske paranoia. I en bok som gir håp om at alle har en fremtid, også hundreåringer.

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Jonas Jonasson	—	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Bradbury, Rod	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Bree, Corry van	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Podestà Heir, Margherita	Translator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared

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Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann

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Malmköping, Södermanland, Sweden

Byringe, Södermanland, Sweden

Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

Washington, D.C., USA

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"Things are what they are, and whatever will be will be."

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Ingen kunde trollbinda sin publik bättre än morfar där han satt på ljugarbänken, lätt framåtlutad över sin käpp och med munnen full av snus.
– Nej men... är det sant, morfar? sa vi häpna barnbarn.
– Di söm bara säjer dä söm ä sanning, ä inte vär' å höra på, svarade morfar.
Den här boken är till honom.

An extra thank you to Micke, Liza, Rixon, Maud and Uncle Hans.
- Jonas

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Monday, 2nd May 2005

You might think he could have made up his mind earlier, and been man enough to tell the others of his decision. But Allan Karlsson had never been given to pondering things too long.

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Confined to a nursing home and about to turn 100, Allan Karlsson, who has a larger-than-life back story as an explosives expert, climbs out of the window in his slippers and embarks on an unforgettable adventure involving thugs, a murderous elephant and a very friendly hot dog stand operator.… (more)

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