The most beautiful word

Author's name: Odor Ava Olafsdottir Publisher: Dar Al-Adab for Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2023 Literary classification: Novel Brief about the book: When Icelanders, in a survey, were asked to choose the most beautiful word in their language, they did not hesitate to choose the noblest profession's name "Midwife," which in Icelandic literally means "Mother of Light"... In this exquisite novel, a midwife traces the path that a human takes from the darkness of the womb to the darkness of the grave, trying to uncover the mystery of mysteries, the most wondrous things, the light... It is a novel of extreme boundaries, a novel about existence and non-existence, about human fragility, about the superiority of animals, about our transient existence and the flicker of life granted to us between two darknesses... Who can better elucidate the dimensions of life than the woman whose hands bring us into the world? And who can question the essence of light more deeply than the author, who belongs to the darkest part of the world, where darkness prevails for months, and where every glimmer of light is an occasion for contemplation and joy!