![The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1347300893l/16001863._SX98_.jpg)
Allan Karlsson, never "given to pondering things too long", steps out of the window of his ground floor room in an old people's home, and sets in motion a series of tragic yet comic events. By chapter five we know a little about Allan's childhood, and his philosophy of life, "Things are what they are, and whatever will be will be. That meant, among other things, that you didn’t make a fuss, especially when there was good reason to do so".