2011 Winner of the Quebec Booksellers’ Prize (Canada) 2010 Winner of the Prix de Page for Best European Novel of the Year (France) 2007 Winner of the DV Culture Award (Iceland) Shortlisted for the Prix Femina (France) “One of the most unexpected and greatest discoveries of the year.” —Le Parisien “Excellent introduction to Icelandic fiction; funny.” —The New ... Read moreYork Times “The Greenhouse is a rare book, full of beauty. After opening the book I was unable to put it down, entirely captivated by its enchanting style.” —Le Page “A revelation.” —Le Monde “[An] entertaining read.” —The Complete Review “At once wryly observant and sweetly comic, The Greenhouse is a meditation on such sweeping themes as sex, death, becoming a parent, manhood, and finding a place for oneself in the world which doesn’t once fall prey to cloying generalizations or cliché. Rather, through the eyes of twenty-two year old Arnljótur Thórir—or Lobbi, as his elderly father affectionately calls him—author Audur Ava Olafsdottir breathes a freshness and sincerity into her subject matter which is as charming as it is insightful.” —Three Percent Show Less