"The incarnation of my negligence in contraception looked at me."

"The body, death and roses, as if he quoted the title of an old train station novel." Such indeed are the themes of the first novel Audur Ava Olafsdottir.Un very young man, became a father accidentally share both to put his confused ideas up and restore a rose garden fame almost turned fallow in a monastery on the continent. Thus begins a journey in which our hero, candid and not knowing how to behave with women make numerous meetings, including those of death and resurrection. Unknowingly also will live the beginnings of a love story in reverse.
Any unusual in Rosa candida, but nonetheless part of a peaceful .The subtle shift normality established between Arnljótur and the world around brings out a luminous poetry which creates an atmosphere like no other .
The absence of specific geographic references, the rose garden is located "in a place where the currents of the South Seas caress exotic shores." leave discretion to the reader's imagination. Also free to him to complete the film references monk video buff who assists the young man in his awareness, or to be seduced by all these references to plants which punctuate the novel nature much more than role playing decor in this text.
Nothing solemn or weighing in this novel where humor has its place: "The only adversity I encounter in life is trouble up the zipper of my jeans.", The author is playing narrative codes initiatory and imparting them a new freshness.
A novel like a shimmering soap bubble but remains long in the memory. A big favorite! Read and reread for better absorb it. Zoom, on the shelf of essential!