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The Greenhouse

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For Lobbi, the tragic passing of his mother proves to be a profound catalyst. Their shared love of tending rare roses in her greenhouse inspires him to leave his studies behind and travel to a remote village monastery to restore its once fabulous gardens. While transforming the garden under the watchful eye of a cinephile monk, he is surprised by a visit from Anna, a friend of a friend with whom he shared a fateful moment in his mother’s greenhouse, and the daughter they together conceived that night. In caring for both the garden and the little girl, Lobbi slowly begins to assume the varied and complex roles of a man: fatherhood with a deep relationship with his child, cooking, nurturing, and remaining also a son, brother, lover, and…a gardener. A story about the heartfelt search for beauty in life, The Greenhouse is a touching reminder of our ability to turn the small things in everyday life into the extraordinary. Read more

Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 270 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1611090792


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 96


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #949,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #168 in Scandinavian Literature (Books) #45,147 in Literary Fiction (Books)


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    • A Glowing Gift from Iceland
Now that it's finally available in English, beautifully translated by Brian FitzGibbon, I got the chance to read The Greenhouse. It's a truly remarkable novel, and its widespread acclaim as the 2010 book of the year was well-deserved. On the surface it is a first-person narrative that tells the coming of age story of Arnljótur (or "Lobbi"), a 22 year old from Iceland who goes on a journey to find himself. He is a thoughtful boy who studies in the family greenhouse "to be able to read close to the plants" and who thinks about what it might mean to "spend one's entire childhood waiting for a single tree to grow". His journey takes him from Iceland, which he sees as dominated by moss, tussocks and swamps, to a cliff-top monastery in an intentionally unnamed country that provides a stark contrast to his homeland. We hear him think through his bodily longings, what it means to be a man, fatherhood, faith, death, and our connections with the planet and the plants around us. And beneath all of this there is the question of how we relate to people, and how those relationships make us whole. There is the ever-present memory of Arnljótur's mother and the unforgettable final conversation that he had with her, as well as his evolving closeness to his daughter, Flóra Sól. Olafsdottir makes liberal use of symbolism, and most significantly there is the precious Rosa Candida, the violet-red, thorn-less, eight-petaled rose. Richness also comes from Olafsdottir's beautifully drawn minor characters. She captures monastic life wonderfully; in the absence of sustained contact with a broader community the small details of daily routines and of relationships mean so much to the monks. The villagers also are simple yet colorful. And there is Arnljótur's father, about whom you learn a lot from this one line: "When he's finished asking me about the weather and the traffic conditions on the roads, he tells me that seven depressions have crossed the country in about as many days." Finally, there is Father Thomas. If you're a fan of Indie and Art House films then you might enjoy this list of mentioned movies: 1. Cesar & Rosalie 2. Nostalghia 3. Trois Couleurs: Bleu 4. The Seventh Seal 5. Eat Drink Man Woman 6. Chocolat 7. Babette's Feast 8. Like Water For Chocolate 9. Chungking Express 10. In the Mood for Love 11. Je vous salue (Hail Mary) He Also mentions Michelangelo Antonioni and Jean-Luc Godard. His recommendations range from the bizarre (the movie with Yves Montana and Romy Schneider is César & Rosalie) to the more expected (Trois Couleurs: Bleu, in which the heroine, like Arnljótur, witnesses a horrific car accident, obsesses about death, and goes on a journey of self-discovery). Arnljótur emerges as an everyman with whom we can identify, and I hope that we will see more from Audur Ava Olafsdottir. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2011 by Tom Killalea
    • Sweet, Simple and Engaging
I heard about this novel one morning when listening to a review on National Public Radio. I was interested to hear that Amazon is publishing its own translations of international writers otherwise unpublished in English and applaud them for doing so. This novel tells a sweet, simple and engaging story and is a joy to read. Though relatively short, the characterizations are wonderful, as are the dichotomous settings of Icelandic tundra and a monastery (and its rose garden) in a small European town. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2012 by Bibliophile2906
    • A lovely story...
One of the most beautiful and enthralling books I have read in a very long time. Growing up in Iceland, Lobbi lived with his parents and his handicapped twin brother and worked in his mother's greenhouse. She had developed a rose of rare beauty called the eight-petal rose. When Lobbi is 20 two events shake up his life—he shares a brief intimacy with the girlfriend of one of his friends during which she becomes pregnant, and his beloved mother is killed in a car wreck. Anna, the mother of his daughter, names her Flora but makes no effort to involve Lobbi in their life. Lobbi, unhappy and desolate, takes a job at a monastery in a remote mountain village that was once famous for its gardens which have now fallen into disrepair. Lobbi travels to the village in an unnamed location and finds a land that is strange indeed. The people there are kind but they speak their own language—a language that is dying—and there are no children that he can see. He begins work at the monastery and meets a monk who is a movie fan and who invites him to join him for his nightly movie watching. Just as Lobbi settles into a routine, he receives a letter from Anna telling him she has to go away for a month and wants to know if he will care for his now nine-month-old daughter. The writing is lovely, the people are touching, and the descriptions of this mysterious land are positively enchanting. A lovely book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2015 by Kathleen Valentine

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