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Animal Life
Artikel-Nr:
9781782277675
Veröffentl:
2022
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.12.2022
Seiten:
192
Autor:
Auður Ava Olafsdottir
Gewicht:
184 g
Format:
196x129x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
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.
Domhildur comes from a long line of midwives - she even lives in her grandaunts apartment. As a terrible storm races towards her, she discovers letters and manuscripts hidden amongst her grandaunt's clutter. She escapes into this 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.