Hotel Silence

by Audur Ava Olafsdottir

Brian Fitzgibbon (Translator)

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'Olafsdottir's specialty is the small journeys we take to save ourselves and the ones we care for. She is the heart's finest map-maker' Sjon

Winner of the Icelandic Literature Prize


Jonas feels like his life is over.

His wife has left him, his mother is slipping deeper into dementia, and his daughter is no longer who he thought. So he comes up with a foolproof plan: to buy a one-way ticket to a chaotic,war-ravaged country and put an end to it all.

But on arriving at Hotel Silence, he finds his plans - and his anonymity - begin to dissolve under the foreign sun. Now there are other things that need his attention, like the crumbling hotel itself, the staff who run it, and his unusual fellow guests. And soon it becomes clear that Jonas must decide whether he really wants to leave it all behind; or give life a second chance, albeit down a most unexpected path...
  • ISBN10 0802165591
  • ISBN13 9780802165596
  • Publish Date 2 February 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Imprint Black Cat
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 288
  • Language English