Books by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir (3)


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Animal Life by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Iceland flag Iceland
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From winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize and the Icelandic Literature Prize, Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, comes a dazzling novel about a family of midwives set in the run-up to Christmas in Iceland In the days leading up to Christmas, Dómhildur delivers her 1,922nd baby. Beginnings and endings are her family trade; she comes from a long line of midwives on her mother's side and a long line of undertakers on her father's. She even lives in the apartment that she inherited from her grandaunt, a midwife with a unique reputation for her unconventional methods. As a terrible storm races towards... continue
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Butterflies in November by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir EN

Rating: 4 (3 votes)
Country: Europe / Iceland flag Iceland
Description:
After being dumped and then winning the lottery, a woman in her thirties, along with her best friend's four-year-old deaf-mute son, takes a transformative road trip through Iceland, encountering eccentrics and finding herself.
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