| Author: | Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir | ISBN: | 9780802192301 |
| Publisher: | Grove/Atlantic, Inc. | Publication: | December 9, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Grove Press, Black Cat | Language: | English |
| Author: | Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir |
| ISBN: | 9780802192301 |
| Publisher: | Grove/Atlantic, Inc. |
| Publication: | December 9, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Grove Press, Black Cat |
| Language: | English |
*** Long-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014 *
"I can’t remember the last time I was so enchanted by a novel like I am by Butterflies in November. Zany, surprising, full of twists and turns, it left me breathless. I just love this book." -Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle and The Obituary Writer**
After a day of being dumped-twice-and accidentally killing a goose, a young woman yearns for a tropical vacation far from the chaos of her life. Instead, her plans are wrecked by her best friend’s four-year-old deaf-mute son, thrust into her reluctant care. But when the boy chooses the winning numbers for a lottery ticket, the two of them set off on a road trip across Iceland with a glove compartment stuffed full of their jackpot earnings. Along the way, they encounter black sand beaches, cucumber farms, lava fields, flocks of sheep, an Estonian choir, a falconer, a hitchhiker, and both of her exes desperate for another chance. What begins as a spontaneous adventure will unexpectedly and profoundly change the way she views her past and charts her future.
Butterflies in November is a blackly comic, charming, and uplifting tale of friends and lovers, motherhood, and self-discovery.
*** Long-listed for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize 2014 *
"I can’t remember the last time I was so enchanted by a novel like I am by Butterflies in November. Zany, surprising, full of twists and turns, it left me breathless. I just love this book." -Ann Hood, author of The Knitting Circle and The Obituary Writer**
After a day of being dumped-twice-and accidentally killing a goose, a young woman yearns for a tropical vacation far from the chaos of her life. Instead, her plans are wrecked by her best friend’s four-year-old deaf-mute son, thrust into her reluctant care. But when the boy chooses the winning numbers for a lottery ticket, the two of them set off on a road trip across Iceland with a glove compartment stuffed full of their jackpot earnings. Along the way, they encounter black sand beaches, cucumber farms, lava fields, flocks of sheep, an Estonian choir, a falconer, a hitchhiker, and both of her exes desperate for another chance. What begins as a spontaneous adventure will unexpectedly and profoundly change the way she views her past and charts her future.
Butterflies in November is a blackly comic, charming, and uplifting tale of friends and lovers, motherhood, and self-discovery.
