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“olaf olafsson”

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  • Touch

    A Novel

    by Olaf Olafsson ...
    The inspiration for a film directed, written and produced by Baltasar Kormákur, co-written by Olaf Olafsson."Delicate, absorbing...as satisfying as it is moving." — VogueA mesmerizing, panoramic work of literary fiction about one man’s search to find a lover who suddenly disappeared decades before.When the pandemic hits, Kristofer is forced to shutter his successful restaurant in Reykjavik, ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Sacrament

    A Novel

    by Olaf Olafsson ...
    A psychological thriller that "feels at first like a classic study in Scandi noir. . . . But something more tender and ephemeral lurks beneath" ( Entertainment Weekly ).A young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. During her time there, on a gray winter's day, a young student at the school watches the school's headmaster, Father ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • One Station Away

    A Novel

    by Olaf Olafsson ...
    From the critically acclaimed Olaf Olafsson, an intimate yet sweeping story of a New York neurologist and the three women who change his lifeAn overlooked pianist who finally receives fraught success after decades of disappointment. An elusive dancer whose untimely death her fiancé is desperate to untangle. A mysterious patient who is comatose after a violent accident.These are the three women who ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Restoration

    A Novel

    by Olaf Olafsson ...
    "A tremendous talent."— Boston Globe" Restoration is an elegantly constructed work of fiction, seamlessly moving between the past and the present."—Ron Rash, bestselling author of SerenaAcclaimed novelist Olaf Olafsson brings us Restoration, a sweeping story of love tested by human frailty and the terrors and tragedies of war. Departing from the landscapes of his native Iceland—so beautifully ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Journey Home

    A Novel

    by Olaf Olafsson ...
    A lyrical and arresting novel by acclaimed Icelandic writer Olaf Olafsson about one woman's redemptive journey home.Disa Jonsdottir has managed an inn for years with her companion, Anthony, in the English countryside. Compelled by the demands of time to revisit the village of her childhood, she departs England for her native Iceland. Along the way memories surface-of the rift between her and her ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Walking Into the Night

    by Olaf Olafsson ...
    As butler to William Randolph Hearst at San Simeon castle, Christian Benediktsson lives quietly, almost invisibly. He completes his tasks efficiently and with aplomb, catering to the whims of the volatile Chief and overseeing the running of the hectic household. Privy to the goings-on of the celebrity guests who visit as well as to Hearst’s intimate relationship with his mistress, the actress ... Read more

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    Touch

    A Novel

    by Olaf Olafsson ...
    Narrated by Peter Noble ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 10 min

    The inspiration for a film directed, written and produced by Baltasar Kormákur, co-written by Olaf Olafsson.""Delicate, absorbing...as satisfying as it is moving."" — VogueA mesmerizing, panoramic story of one man’s search to find a lover who suddenly disappeared decades beforeWhen the pandemic hits, Kristofer is forced to shutter his successful restaurant in Reykjavik, sending him into a spiral ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Sacrament

    A Novel

    by Olaf Olafsson ...
    Narrated by Jane Copland ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 35 min

    The haunting, vivid story of a nun whose past returns to her in unexpected ways, all while investigating a mysterious death and a series of harrowing abuse claims.A young nun is sent by the Vatican to investigate allegations of misconduct at a Catholic school in Iceland. During her time there, on a gray winter’s day, a young student at the school watches the school’s headmaster, Father August ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

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    by Luis Sepúlveda ...
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    “Gripping and passionate . . . keenly recounted . . . full of poetry.”—New York TimesNow in a beautiful new edition, the spellbinding classic tale of man and nature, honor, and adventure, in which the peaceful life of an aging, book-loving widower in the Ecuadorean jungle is upended when an ignorant tourist provokes a mother ocelot.Antonio José Bolivar Proaño lives quietly in a river town in the ... Read more

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    Crooked Seeds

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  • The Old Man Who Read Love Stories

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    “Gripping and passionate . . . keenly recounted . . . full of poetry.”—New York TimesNow in a beautiful new edition, the spellbinding classic tale of man and nature, honor, and adventure, in which the peaceful life of an aging, book-loving widower in the Ecuadorean jungle is upended when an ignorant tourist provokes a mother ocelot.Antonio José Bolivar Proaño lives quietly in a river town in the ... Read more

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    Beyond the Door of No Return

    A Novel

    by David Diop ...
    Narrated by Dion Graham, Mark Bramhall, Adenrele Ojo, Caroline Hewitt ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 5 min

    "Stunningly realized . . . Exquisite . . . A spellbinding novel about the high price of betrayal―of others, and oneself." ―Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King, shortlisted for the Booker PrizeOne of the Los Angeles Times's most anticipated books of the fallThe thrilling and deeply moving new novel by David Diop, winner of the International Booker Prize.Paris, 1806. The renowned botanist ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

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