Animal Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802160164)

"From winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize and the Icelandic Literary Prize, Auｺur Ava 祕lafsd穉ttir, comes a dazzling novel about a family of midwives set in the run-up to Christmas in Iceland. In the days leading up to Christmas, D穉mhildur 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 Reykjav稱k, D穉mhildur 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 neighbor, D穉mhildur escapes into her grandaunt's archive and discovers strange and beautiful reflections on birth, death, and human nature. With her singular warmth and humor, in Animal Life 祕lafsd穉ttir gives us a beguiling novel that comes direct from the depths of an Icelandic winter, full of hope for spring"--

Author: Aur Ava ﾓlafsdtir
ISBN-10: 0802160166
ISBN-13: 9780802160164
Publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat
Language: English
Published: 12/06/2022
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.70w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 08/01/2022 pg. 92
Publishers Weekly 09/12/2022
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2022
Booklist 11/01/2022 pg. 24
Shelf Awareness 12/30/2022