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Hotel Silence
First edition
Author Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir
Original titleÖr
TranslatorBrian FitzGibbon
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
Set inIceland
PublisherBenedikt
Grove Press
Publication date
2016
Published in English
2018
Pages288
Awards Nordic Council's Literature Prize 2018
ISBN 978-0802127501

Hotel Silence ( Icelandic: Ör) is a 2016 novel by Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir. [1]

This novel deals with a man in his late 40s, poor, abandoned by his wife and suffering his midlife crisis.

It was awarded the Nordic Council's Literature Prize in 2018. [2]

The novel was adapted by Léa Pool into the 2024 film Hotel Silence. [3]

References

  1. ^ Berwick, Isabel (23 March 2018). "An Icelandic novel of midlife crisis and redemption". Financial Times.
  2. ^ "The Nordic Council Literature Prize 2018 goes to Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir". norden.org. 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  3. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Hôtel Silence – Film de Léa Pool". Films du Québec, March 24, 2024.