Description
About the Author
Audur Ava Olafsdottir is a prize-winning novelist, playwright and poet. Audur Ava's novels have been translated into over 25 languages, and they include Butterflies in November, Hotel Silence and Miss Iceland, also published by Pushkin Press. Hotel Silence won the Nordic Council Literature Prize, the Icelandic Literary Prize, and was chosen Best Icelandic Novel in 2016 by the booksellers in Iceland. Miss Iceland won the Prix Medicis Etranger and the Icelandic Booksellers Prize. Audur Ava lives in Reykjavik.
Reviews
'Charming, funny and deeply wise, Animal Life brought me nose to nose with life and death, and the earthy, transcendent business of pregnancy and birth. In prose spare yet rich, reminiscent for me of Tove Jansson, the quirky wisdom of this ancestral trio of midwives is both heart-warming and thought-provoking. I loved it' - Jo Browning Wroe, author of the Sunday Times bestseller A Terrible Kindness
'A strange, soothing contemplation of life and death through the eyes of one compellingly unique family. One of those small stories that manages to feel very big indeed' - Bobby Palmer, author of Isaac and the Egg
'I found Animal Life a quirky, elusive and unique book, and rather heartwarming' - Nick Bradley, author of The Cat and The City
'Olafsdottir is at her best when sharing the histories of midwives . . . Nothing much happens, but only in the way that one could say nothing much happens on any given day, the rhythms of which the author captures perfectly. The result is a rich slice of life' - Publishers Weekly
Book Information
ISBN 9781782277675
Author Audur Ava Olafsdottir
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Pushkin Press
Publisher Pushkin Press