auður ava ólafsdóttir butterflies in november

'Sadness and humor coexist beautifully in Butterflies In November.' - Metro (UK) A highly original and very charming novel.” -Hallgrimur Helgason, author of The Hitman’s Guide to Housecleaning Ólafsdóttir repeatedly smashes our idea of the everyday, only to sew it back together in a magically surprising and beautiful embroidery. “A bright and blissful journey into the darkest month in Iceland. One of the Top 50 Best Winter Reads: The IndependentĪ Top 10 Must-Read of November: The Stylist (UK) One of the Best Books of the Year: The Financial Times the beguiling imagery captures the fragile and fleeting beauty of those loved and lost, as well as the possibilities of self-reinvention of shedding skins, growing wings.” - The Observer

“The wintry roads of Iceland-and the metaphorical paths taken and not taken-twist and turn throughout this evocative, humorous novel. Butterflies in November is a blackly comic, extraordinarily charming, and uplifting tale of friends and lovers, motherhood, and self-discovery. As she and the boy grow closer, what began as a spontaneous adventure unexpectedly and profoundly changes the way she views her past and charts her future. 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. 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. Instead, her plans are thrown off course by her best friend's four-year-old deaf-mute son, thrust into her reluctant care. In Butterflies in November, internationally bestselling author Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir crafts a “funny, moving, and occasionally bizarre exploration of life’s upheavals and reversals” ( Financial Times).Īfter a day of being dumped-twice-and accidentally killing a goose, a young woman yearns for a tropical vacation far away from the chaos of her life. an extraordinary novelist.” - Madame Figaro

Auður ava ólafsdóttir butterflies in november