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The greenhouse / Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir; translated [from the Icelandic] by Brian FitzGibbon.
Van Pelt Library PT7511.A96 A45 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Auður A. Ólafsdóttir, 1958-
- Standardized Title:
- Afleggjarinn. English
- Language:
- English
- Icelandic
- Subjects (All):
- Gardeners--Fiction.
- Gardeners.
- Young men--Fiction.
- Young men.
- Fathers and daughters--Fiction.
- Fathers and daughters.
- Icelandic fiction.
- Genre:
- Domestic fiction.
- Fiction.
- Translations.
- Novels.
- Physical Description:
- 262 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Las Vegas : AmazonCrossing, 2011.
- Language Note:
- Translation of: Afleggjarinn.
- Summary:
- Lobbi, a young man just leaving for a new job, experiences a chain of life changing events including the death of his mother and unexpected fatherhood for himself, but as he focuses on the cultivation of a rare eight-petaled rose he learns how to adjust to his new life and to cultivate love as well.
- Notes:
- "First published in 2009 by Salka Forlag in Reykjavik as Afleggjarinn"--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781611090796
- 1611090792
- OCLC:
- 730415142
- Publisher Number:
- 99976739036
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