In this illustrated volume, Winnan provides an account of Wanda Gag''s life and printmaking art, exploring the ways in which Gag''s work reflects not only her Minnesota childhood but her immigrant roots and bohemian life.'
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692 tulosta hakusanalla Audur H. Winnan
Verily in the Remembrance of AllĀh Do the Hearts Find Rest
Shaykh Abdur Razzaaq Bin Abdul Al Badr
Maktabatulirshad Publications Ltd
2020
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* 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 WriterAfter 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.
From internationally bestselling author Audur Ava Olafsdottir, a charming and tender novel about a recently divorced man on a life-changing journey into a war-torn country, where he finds the tools to mend the lives of those he encounters
The extraordinary new novel from Nordic Council Literature Prize-winning Audur Ava Olafsdottir Iceland in the 1960s. Hekla always knew she wanted to be a writer. In a nation of poets, where each household proudly displays leatherbound volumes of the Sagas, and there are more writers per capita than anywhere else in the world, there is only one problem: she is a woman. After packing her few belongings, including James Joyces's Ulysess and a Remington typewriter, Hekla heads for Reykjavik with a manuscript buried in her bags. She moves in with her friend Jon, a gay man who longs to work in the theatre, but can only find dangerous, backbreaking work on fishing trawlers. Hekla's opportunities are equally limited: marriage and babies, or her job as a waitress, in which harassment from customers is part of the daily grind. The two friends feel completely out of place in a small and conservative world. And yet that world is changing: JFK is shot and hemlines are rising. In Iceland another volcano erupts and Hekla meets a poet who brings to light harsh realities about her art. Hekla realizes she must escape to find freedom abroad, whatever the cost.Miss Iceland is a novel of extraordinary poise and masterful acuity from one of our most celebrated Icelandic writers.
For Lobbi, the tragic passing of his mother proves to be a profound catalyst. Their shared love of tending rare roses in her greenhouse inspires him to leave his studies behind and travel to a remote village monastery to restore its once fabulous gardens. While transforming the garden under the watchful eye of a cinephile monk, he is surprised by a visit from Anna, a friend of a friend with whom he shared a fateful moment in his mother’s greenhouse, and the daughter they together conceived that night. In caring for both the garden and the little girl, Lobbi slowly begins to assume the varied and complex roles of a man: fatherhood with a deep relationship with his child, cooking, nurturing, and remaining also a son, brother, lover, and…a gardener. A story about the heartfelt search for beauty in life, The Greenhouse is a touching reminder of our ability to turn the small things in everyday life into the extraordinary.
'Gorgeously quirky' Stylist 'Evocative and humorous' Observer 'Beguiling' GuardianIt's been a tough day. She's been dumped. Twice. She's accidentally killed a goose. And now she's suddenly responsible for her best friend's deaf-mute son. But when a shared lottery ticket turns the oddly matched pair into the richest people in Iceland, she and the boy find themselves on a road trip across the country. With cucumber hotels, dead sheep, and any number of her exes on their tail, Butterflies in November is a blackly comic and uniquely moving tale of motherhood, friendship and the power of words. Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir was born in Iceland in 1958, studied art history in Paris and has lectured in History of Art. Her earlier novel, The Greenhouse (2007), won the DV Culture Award for literature and was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Award, and her other titles have been translated into 16 languages. She currently lives and works in Reykjavik as the director of the University of Iceland's Art Museum. 'Beautifully crafted and translated... Carefully observed, sensuously written, and often darkly comic' Booktrust
Named after one of Iceland's most magnificent volcanoes, Hekla always knew she wanted to be a writer. In a nation of poets, where each household proudly displays leatherbound volumes of the Sagas, and there are more writers per capita than anywhere else in the world, there is only one problem: she is a woman. She decides to try her luck in Reykjavik, and moves in with her friend Jon, a gay man who longs to work in the theatre, but can only find dangerous, backbreaking work on fishing trawlers. Hekla's opportunities are equally limited: marriage and babies, or a job as a waitress, in which harassment from customers is part of the daily grind. They both feel completely out of place in a small and conservative world. And yet that world is changing: JFK is shot, hemlines are rising, and in Iceland another volcano erupts, and Hekla knows she must escape to find freedom abroad, whatever must be left behind.
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.
Jonas Ebenezer - sovershenno obychnyj chelovek. Dozhiv do srednikh let, on uznaet, chto ego ljubimaja doch - ot drugogo muzhchiny. Ionas opustoshen i dumaet pokonchit s soboj. Prikhvativ sumku s instrumentami, on otpravljaetsja v isterzannuju vojnoj stranu, gde i khochet postavit tochku.Tak nachinaetsja svoeobraznaja odisseja - umiranie cheloveka i put k vosstanovleniju. My vse na etoj Zemle odinokie skitaltsy. Nas snedaet pechal, i dlja kazhdogo svoja mera bezyskhodnosti. No vmesto togo, chtoby prosverlivat dyry dlja krjuka ili bezzhalostno unichtozhat drugogo, mozhno predlozhit zabotu i pomosch. Nam vazhno vspomnit, chto my znachim drug dlja druga i chto my odnoj ploti, u nas edinaja zhizn.Audur Ava Olafsdottir skazala v intervju, chto ona pishet v temnotu mira i kazhdaja ee kniga - eto zazhzhennyj svet, kotoryj boretsja s etim mrakom.
Islandija. 1963 god. Junaja Gekla saditsja v avtobus do Rejkjanika. Ona pokidaet dom roditelej, chtoby nachat zhizn pisatelja. S nej ee rukopisi i "Uliss" Dzhonsa. Ej pora posledovat za svoej sudboj. Ona esche sumeet porazit konservativnyj muzhskoj mir, kotoryj vidit v nej tolko "Miss Islandiju". Smozhet uznat, chto takoe ljubov i druzhba, odinochestvo i soprichastnost. Obretet talant slyshat slova i odarivat imi.Audur Ava Olafsdottir vladeet iskusstvom govorit o samykh vazhnykh voprosakh samostojanija cheloveka jarko i silno. Ee roman kak iverzhenie vulkana, pri vide kotorogo svideteli nevolno zadumyvajutsja o sotvorenii Vselennoj.
Islandija, kanun Rozhdestva. V eto vremja goda zhiteli pochti ne vidjat belogo sveta - vokrug lish poljarnaja noch. V Rejkjavike zhivet glavnaja geroinja Domkhild, akusherka, kotoraja unasledovala kvartiru ot babushki, v proshlom - tozhe akusherki.Poka islandtsy gotovjatsja k uzhasnomu shtormu, kotoryj vot-vot obrushitsja na ostrov, Domkhild obnaruzhivaet, chto babushka ostavila ej rukopisi. V nikh - razmyshlenija o chelovecheskoj prirode i sluchajnostjakh.Perevodchik: Shenjavskaja Tatjana
Jónas Ebeneser er en mann på snart 49, «fraskilt, heterofil, uten makt, uten sexliv». Imidlertid er han en «gjør-det-selv»-type, som gjerne fikser og reparerer ødelagte ting. Han har tre kvinner i livet sitt: moren, ekskona og datteren, alle med navnet Gudrún. Men Jónas har mistet livsgnisten, og reiser fra Island. I kofferten har han en drill og noen gamle dagbøker. Han kommer til et krigsherjet land, der han lar seg innlosjere på det nedslitte Hotel Silence. Han planlegger å bruke en uke på det dystre oppdraget han har gitt seg selv: selvmordet. Men de han møter i det nye landet, og møtet med hans yngre selv i dagbøkene, gir Jónas nye perspektiver på tilværelsen. Og på grunn av hotellets ustanselige behov for reparasjoner, blir det stadig vanskeligere for ham å avslutte livet.