The Unseen: SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2017 [Paperback] Roy Jacobsen (author), Don Bartlett (translator), Don Shaw (translator)

On a tiny island off Norway besieged by weather and the sea, the compelling story of one family unfolds, in Roy Jacobsen’s profound and haunting novel. Translated by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw.Ingrid Barrøy is born on an island that bears her name - home for a single family, their farm, their hopes and dreams. Island life is hard, a living scratched from the dirt or trawled from the sea, so when Ingrid comes of age, she is sent to the mainland to work for one of the wealthy families on the coast. But Norway, too, is waking up to a wider world, a modern world that can be capricious and cruel. Tragedy strikes, and Ingrid must fight to protect the home she thought she had left behind."This is a profound interrogation of freedom and fate, as well as a fascinating portrait of a vanished time, written in prose as clear and washed clean as the world after a storm.' - Justine Jordan, The Guardian (UK)" Jacobsen’s prose is beautiful, clean, poised and plain-speaking, but there are interludes of Shakespearean grandeur in the dazzling descriptions of storms." - Eileen Battersby, The Irish Times (IRE)Roy Jacobsen was born in Oslo in 1961, where he currently resides. He has twice been nominated for the Nordic Council’s Literary Award: for Seierherrene in 1991 and Frost in 2003. In 2009 he was shortlisted for the Dublin Impac Award for his novel The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles. Shortlisted For The Man Booker International Prize 2017 Nobody Can Leave An Island. An Island Is A Cosmos In A Nutshell, Where The Stars Slumber In The Grass Beneath The Snow. But Occasionally Someone Tries . . . Ingrid Barrøy Is Born On An Island That Bears Her Name - A Holdfast For A Single Family, Their Livestock, Their Crops, Their Hopes And Dreams. Her Father Dreams Of Building A Quay That Will Connect Them To The Mainland, But Closer Ties To The Wider World Come At A Price. Her Mother Has Her Own Dreams - More Children, A Smaller Island, A Different Life - And There Is One Question Ingrid Must Never Ask Her. Island Life Is Hard, A Living Scratched From The Dirt Or Trawled From The Sea, So When Ingrid Comes Of Age, She Is Sent To The Mainland To Work For One Of The Wealthy Families On The Coast. But Norway Too Is Waking Up To A Wider World, A Modern World That Is Capricious And Can Be Cruel. Tragedy Strikes, And Ingrid Must Fight To Protect The Home She Thought She Had Left Behind. Translated From The Norwegian By Don Bartlett And Don Shaw A group of children inherit an elemental paradise on earth in Roy Jacobsen's phenomenally bestselling new novel about love, poverty and tragedy in early twentieth century Norway