Auður Ava Olafsdóttir

Islàndia, lofici de llevadora, un huracà hivernal que sacosta i una tia-àvia brodadora i filòsofa: són els ingredients duna novel·la plena de gràcia i llibertat.La protagonista daquesta novel·la ha h

En aquesta família l’ofici es transmet de generació en generació: són llevadores. La vida de la més jove transcorre entre l’hospital de Reykjavík, on ha assistit prop de dos mil parts, i el pis que l

PREMI LLIBRETER 2025 El canvi climàtic des d’Islàndia es veu d’una forma diferent: en directe i sense por. Quan es fonen els glaciars, es pot cultivar un jardí. L’Alba és una lingüista islandesa que

C’est la belle histoire d’une femme libre et d’un enfant prêté, le temps d’une équipée hivernale autour de l’Islande. En ce ténébreux mois de novembre, la narratrice voit son mari la quitter sans pré

María sera la dernière femme de la vie de Flóki. Le soir du nouvel an, après onze ans de mariage, ce spécialiste de la théorie du chaos la quitte pour un homme. Sans son mari, María ne sait plus trop

Le jeune Arnljótur va quitter la maison, son frère jumeau autiste, son vieux père octogénaire, et les paysages crépusculaires de laves couvertes de lichens. Sa mère a eu un accident de voiture. Moura

Islande, 1963. Hekla, vingt et un ans, quitte la ferme de ses parents et prend le car pour Reykjavík. Il est temps d’accomplir son destin: elle sera écrivain. Sauf qu’à la capitale, on la verrait plu

Souvent aux beaux jours, Ágústína grimpe sur les hauteurs du village pour s’allonger dans le carré de rhubarbe sauvage, à méditer sur Dieu, la beauté des nombres, le chaos du monde et ses jambes de c

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Jónas Ebeneser, quarante-neuf ans, divorcé, n’a qu’une passion : restaurer, retaper, réparer. Mais le bricoleur connaît une crise profonde. Sans plus de réconfort à attendre des trois Guðrún de sa vi

Dans le vacarme d’un réveillon de nouvel an, María n’entend pas ce que son mari lui annonce : il la quitte pour son collègue, spécialiste comme lui de la théorie du chaos. La voilà confrontée au gran

Alba voyage aux quatre coins du monde pour des colloques sur les langues en voie d’extinction. De retour à Reykjavík, elle fait le compte : pour compenser son empreinte carbone, il lui faudrait plant

Issue d’une lignée de sages-femmes, Dýja est à son tour « mère de la lumière ». Ses parents dirigent des pompes funèbres, sa sœur est météorologue : naître, mourir, et au milieu quelques tempêtes. A

Alba voyage aux quatre coins du monde pour des colloques sur les langues en voie d’extinction. De retour à Reykjavík, elle fait le compte : pour compenser son empreinte carbone, il lui faudrait plant

A funny, wistful and utterly beguiling novel about a man whose life is falling apart, and how he learns to put it back togetherJÓNAS FEELS LIKE HIS LIFE IS OVER.His wife has left him, his mother is slipping deeper into dementia, and his daughter is no longer who he thought. So he comes up with a foolproof plan: to buy a one-way ticket to a chaotic, war-ravaged country and put an end to it all.But on arriving at Hotel Silence, he finds his plans - and his anonymity - begin to dissolve under the foreign sun. Now there are other things that need his attention, like the crumbling hotel itself, the staff who run it, and his unusual fellow guests. And soon it becomes clear that Jonas must decide whether he really wants to leave it all behind; or give life a second chance, albeit down a must unexpected path...Auur Ava Olafsdottir is an Icelandic prize-winning novelist, playwright and a poet. She is the author of five novels, a collection of poetry and four plays that have been performed at the National Theatre in Iceland and at the Reykjavik City Theatre. She also writes the lyrics for the Icelandic performance pop band Milkywhale. Auur Avas novels have been translated into over 25 languages and among them are The Greenhouse and Butterflies in November. Her new novel, Hotel Silence, won the Icelandic Literary Prize 2016 and was chosen Best Icelandic Novel in 2016 by booksellers in Iceland. Auur Ava lives in Reykjavik.

A hilarious and moving road trip around Iceland in an old car, told by a recently divorced woman with a five year-old boy on loanAfter a day of being dumped - twice - and accidentally killing a goose, the narrator begins to dream of tropical holidays far away from the chaos of her current life. instead, she finds her plans wrecked by her best friends deaf-mute son, thrust into her reluctant care. But when a shared lottery ticket nets the two of them over 40 million kroner, she and the boy head off on a road trip across iceland, taking in cucumber-farming hotels, dead sheep, and any number of her exes desperate for another chance. Blackly comic and uniquely moving, Butterflies in November is an extraordinary, hilarious tale of motherhood, relationships and the legacy of lifes mistakes.Auur Ava Olafsdottir was born in Iceland in 1958, studied art history in Paris and has lectured in History of Art at the University of Iceland. Her earlier novel, The Greenhouse (2007), won the DV Culture Award for literature and was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Award. She currently lives and works in Reykjavik."Quirky and poetic, everything is there... An extraordinary novelist" Madame Figaro"A poetic and sensory narrative" El Pais

A potent, atmospheric story of creative frustration and fulfilment. I loved the wry, tender voice of Ólafsdóttirs narrator. Im now going to read all of her other novels Megan Hunter, author of The HarpySuch great writing here, poetic and raw in places... Only a great book can make you feel youre really there, a thousand miles and a generation away. I loved it Kit de Waal, author of My Name is LeonBorn in a remote part of Iceland, and named after a volcano, Hekla always knew she wanted to be a writer. She heads for Reyjkavik, with a Remington typewriter and a manuscript hidden in her suitcase, hoping to make it in the nation of poets.But this is the 1960s, and Hekla soon discovers that theres more demand for a beauty queen than a woman writer in this conservative, male-dominated world. Along with her friend Jon John, a gay man who dreams of working in the theatre, she soon learns that she must conceal her true self to have any hope of success.But the world outside is changing, and Hekla knows she must escape to find freedom abroad, whatever must be left behind.