Book
Animal life / Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir ; translated from the Icelandic by Brian FitzGibbon.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780802160164 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 188 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Grove Atlantic paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Black Cat, 2022.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Animal Life was first published as Dýralíf by Benedikt in Iceland in 2020. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Letters > Fiction. Manuscripts > Fiction. Midwives > Fiction. Iceland > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Novels. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | FIC Audur | 31681010304574 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A woman from a long line of both midwives and undertakers reads through decades of her grandmotherâs hidden letters and manuscripts and absorbs her reflections on birth, death and human nature as a storm approaches Reykjavik. Original. - Baker & Taylor
"From winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize and the Icelandic Literary Prize, Auºur Ava âOlafsdâottir, 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, Dâomhildur 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 Reykjavâik, Dâomhildur discovers decades worth of letters and manuscripts hidden amongst her grandaunt's clutter. Fielding calls from her anxious meteorologist sister and visits from her curious new neighbour, Dâomhildur escapes into her grandaunt's archive and discovers strange and beautiful reflections on birth, death, and human nature. With her singular warmth and humor, in Animal Life âOlafsdâottir gives us a beguiling novel that comes direct from the depths of an Icelandic winter, full of hope for spring"-- - Perseus Publishing
From winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize and the Icelandic Literature Prize, Auður Ava Ãlafsdóttir, 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 motherâs side and a long line of undertakers on her fatherâs. 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 Reykjavik, Dómhildur discovers decades worth of letters and manuscripts hidden amongst her grandauntâs clutter. Fielding calls from her anxious meteorologist sister and visits from her curious new neighbour, Dómhildur escapes into her grandauntâs archive and discovers strange and beautiful reflections on birth, death and human nature.
With her singular warmth and humor, in Animal Life Ãlafsdóttir gives us a beguiling novel that comes direct from the depths of an Icelandic winter, full of hope for spring.
