{"product_id":"la-verdad-sobre-la-luz-animal-life","title":"La verdad sobre la luz \/ Animal Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLa mejor escritora n\u0026amp;oacute;rdica actual, con m\u0026amp;aacute;s de diez premios literarios y un mill\u0026amp;oacute;n de lectores, regresa con \u0026amp;laquo;una novela deliciosa y p\u0026amp;iacute;cara sobre el sentido de la existencia\u0026amp;raquo; (Elle)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Descendiente de un linaje de matronas, D\u0026amp;yacute;ja es tambi\u0026amp;eacute;n eso que en Islandia llaman \u0026amp;laquo;madre de la luz\u0026amp;raquo;. Sus padres dirigen una funeraria, su hermana es meteor\u0026amp;oacute;loga: nacer, morir y, entremedias, superar unas cuantas tormentas. En plena amenaza de hurac\u0026amp;aacute;n, D\u0026amp;yacute;ja ayuda a traer al mundo a su beb\u0026amp;eacute; n\u0026amp;uacute;mero 1922. Est\u0026amp;aacute; tratando de arreglar el apartamento que ha heredado de su t\u0026amp;iacute;a abuela, abarrotado de muebles, bombillas que parpadean y una caja de fruta llena de manuscritos: la t\u0026amp;iacute;a F\u0026amp;iacute;fa continu\u0026amp;oacute; la labor que hab\u0026amp;iacute;a comenzado la bisabuela de entrelazar los relatos de las antiguas comadronas que recorr\u0026amp;iacute;an los p\u0026amp;aacute;ramos del pa\u0026amp;iacute;s en plena ventisca con sus propias reflexiones exc\u0026amp;eacute;ntricas y visionarias sobre el planeta, la vida... y la luz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Mientras, en el \u0026amp;aacute;tico, un turista australiano parece haber viajado hasta las ant\u0026amp;iacute;podas para hacer balance de su vida. El ser humano es, definitivamente, el animal m\u0026amp;aacute;s vulnerable sobre la Tierra, y el delgado hilo que nos une a la vida es tan fr\u0026amp;aacute;gil como una aurora boreal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom winner of the Nordic Council Literature Prize and the Icelandic Literature Prize, Au\u0026amp;eth;ur Ava \u0026amp;Oacute;lafsd\u0026amp;oacute;ttir, comes a dazzling novel about a family of midwives set in the run-up to Christmas in Iceland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the days leading up to Christmas, D\u0026amp;oacute;mhildur delivers her 1,922nd baby. Beginnings and endings are her family trade; she comes from a long line of midwives on her mother\u0026amp;rsquo;s side and a long line of undertakers on her father\u0026amp;rsquo;s. She even lives in the apartment that she inherited from her grandaunt, a midwife with a unique reputation for her unconventional methods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a terrible storm races towards Reykjavik, D\u0026amp;oacute;mhildur discovers decades worth of letters and manuscripts hidden amongst her grandaunt\u0026amp;rsquo;s clutter. Fielding calls from her anxious meteorologist sister and visits from her curious new neighbour, D\u0026amp;oacute;mhildur escapes into her grandaunt\u0026amp;rsquo;s archive and discovers strange and beautiful reflections on birth, death and human nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith her singular warmth and humor, in Animal Life \u0026amp;Oacute;lafsd\u0026amp;oacute;ttir gives us a beguiling novel that comes direct from the depths of an Icelandic winter, full of hope for spring.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRH Grupo Editorial","offers":[{"title":"US - Paperback","offer_id":49739265769699,"sku":"DTRPRUS-9788420476537","price":131.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1778\/4925\/files\/67ddfe31cf9b-9788420476537.jpg?v=1789552724","url":"https:\/\/buybookbook.com\/products\/la-verdad-sobre-la-luz-animal-life","provider":"買書書 BuyBookBook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}