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Butterflies in November by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Butterflies in November about?

A hilarious and moving road trip around Iceland in an old car, told by a recently divorced woman with a five year-old boy'on loan'After a day of being dumped - twice - and accidentally killing a goose, the narrator begins to dream of tropical holidays far away from the chaos of her current life. instead, she finds her plans wrecked by her best friend's deaf-mute son, thrust into her reluctant care. But when a shared lottery ticket nets the two of them over 40 million kroner, she and the boy head off on a road trip across iceland, taking in cucumber-farming hotels, dead sheep, and any number of her exes desperate for another chance. Blackly comic and uniquely moving, Butterflies in November is an extraordinary, hilarious tale of motherhood, relationships and the legacy of life's mistakes. Auður Ava Olafsdóttir was born in Iceland in 1958, studied art history in Paris and has lectured in History of Art at the University of Iceland. Her earlier novel, The Greenhouse (2007), won the DV Culture Award for literature and was nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Award. She currently lives and works in Reykjavik.'Quirky and poetic, everything is there... An extraordinary novelist'Mad

Who reads Butterflies in November?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Published
2013
Language
EN
ISBN
9781782270768
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Literary Fiction
Rating
3.32 / 5 (61 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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