The greenhouse
By: Audur Ava Olafsdottir ; translated [from the Icelandic] by Brian FitzGibbon
Contributors: Fitzgibbon, Brian, translator
Publisher: AmazonCrossing
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Las Vegas
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781611090796
Subjects: Fathers and daughters; Translations into English; Gardeners; Young men; Icelandic fiction; Fiction
Work titles: Afleggjarinn
Description: 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"--T.p. verso.