Animal Life [electronic resource] : the dazzling, funny and beguiling novel about an Icelandic midwife working over Christmas, perfect for fans of Miriam Toews and Tove Jansson
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir2022
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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 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 Reykjavik, Dómhildur 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,
Dómhildur escapes into her grandaunt's archive and discovers strange and
beautiful reflections on birth, death and human nature. For even in the depths
of an Icelandic winter, new life will find a way.
Main title:
Author:
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Pushkin Press, 2022
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (192 pages, 362280.0 Bytes)
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781782277682
Language:
English
BRN:
528015
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