'Gorgeously quirky' Stylist 'Evocative and humorous' Observer
'Beguiling' GuardianIt's been a tough day. She's been dumped.
Twice. She's accidentally killed a goose. And now she's suddenly
responsible for her best friend's deaf-mute son. But when a shared
lottery ticket turns the oddly matched pair into the richest people
in Iceland, she and the boy find themselves on a road trip across
the country. With cucumber hotels, dead sheep, and any number of
her exes on their tail, Butterflies in November is a blackly comic
and uniquely moving tale of motherhood, friendship and the power of
words. Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir was born in Iceland in 1958,
studied art history in Paris and has lectured in History of Art.
Her earlier novel, The Greenhouse (2007), won the DV Culture Award
for literature and was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature
Award, and her other titles have been translated into 16 languages.
She currently lives and works in Reykjavik as the director of the
University of Iceland's Art Museum. 'Beautifully crafted and
translated... Carefully observed, sensuously written, and often
darkly comic' Booktrust
General
| Imprint: |
Pushkin Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
June 2014 |
| Authors: |
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
(Author)
|
| Translators: |
Brian Fitzgibbon
(Translator)
|
| Dimensions: |
198 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
304 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78227-013-3 |
| Subtitles: |
Icelandic
|
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
|
| LSN: |
1-78227-013-2 |
| Barcode: |
9781782270133 |
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