by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir · ALFAGUARA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420415185
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«La excepción» is the contemporary novel by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir, published by Alfaguara in paperback (296 pages, in Spanish).
On New Year's Eve, María hears an unexpected confession from her husband, a mathematician specializing in chaos theory: «Tú serás la última mujer de mi vida». After the separation, she must face the appearance of her biological father, while the attentions of a young neighbor fond of ornithology and the friendship of Perla, a psychoanalyst and writer, open a new path for her.
Originally published in Icelandic as «Undantekningin - de arte poetica» (2012), it received the Prix Littéraire des Jeunes Européens and is part of the Literaturas collection.
For readers of contemporary fiction and book clubs who value portrayals of human relationships with humor and psychological insight.
Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir is an Icelandic professor of art history, a novelist, playwright and poet. She received the Nordic Council Literature Prize for Hotel Silence in 2018 and the Médicis Foreign Award for Miss Iceland in 2019.
