Publisher's Synopsis
La novela islandesa que conquista el mundo Una forma valiente de afrontar la paternidad, el amor y el paso del tiempo. El joven Arnljótur decide abandonar su casa, su familia y los paisajes crepusculares cubiertos de lava y lìquenes tras la muerte de su madre. Un fuerte lazo les une: el invernadero donde ella cultivaba una extraña variedad de rosa, la rosa candida, y donde él una noche amó a Anna. Su destino, en otro paìs, en un antiguo monasterio, es recuperar una legendaria rosaleda sumida en el abandono. Inicia asì un viaje que es además una búsqueda de sì mismo, de una nueva masculinidad. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION For Lobbi, the tragic passing of his mother proves to be a profound catalyst. Their shared love of tending rare roses in her greenhouse inspires him to leave his studies behind and travel to a remote village monastery to restore its once fabulous gardens. While transforming the garden, he is surprised by a visit from Anna, a woman with whom he shared a fateful moment in his mother's greenhouse, and the daughter they together conceived that night. In caring for both the garden and the little girl, Lobbi slowly begins to assume the varied and complex roles of a man: father, son, brother, lover... and gardener. A story about the heartfelt search for beauty in life, The Greenhouse is a touching reminder of our ability to turn the small things in everyday life into the extraordinary.
