The unseen
"Islanders are never afraid, if they were, they wouldn't be able to live here. Born on the island that bears her name, Ingrid Barroy's world is circumscribed by storm-scoured rocks and the moods of the sea by which her family lives and dies. But her father dreams of a bridge, and her mother longs fo...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Norwegian |
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Windsor, Ontario :
Biblioasis,
2020.
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| Summary: | "Islanders are never afraid, if they were, they wouldn't be able to live here. Born on the island that bears her name, Ingrid Barroy's world is circumscribed by storm-scoured rocks and the moods of the sea by which her family lives and dies. But her father dreams of a bridge, and her mother longs for her own childhood island, and Norway faces its own sea change: the advent of a modern world and its attendant unpredictability and violence. Brilliantly translated into English by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw, The Unseen is a profound exploration of family, resilience, and fate."-- |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Der usynlige. |
| Physical Description: | 268 pages |
| ISBN: | 9781771963190 1771963190 |
| Author Notes: | Born in Oslo to a family that came from northern Norway, Roy Jacobsen (1954-2025) was the author of more than fifteen novels and a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature. The Unseen, the first of a series of novels about Ingrid and her family, was a phenomenal bestseller in Norway and was shortlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize and the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award, selected as a 2020 Indie Next pick in North America, and named a New York Times New and Noteworthy book. The Kirkus-starred and critically acclaimed White Shadow, the second Barrøy novel, was published in North America by Biblioasis in 2021 and followed by Eyes of the Rigel in 2022 and Just a Mother in 2023. |
