International IMPAC Dublin Literary Awards Best Book (nominee)
Man Booker International Prize Best Book (nominee)
Shortlisted for the 2017 International Man Booker Prize
Islanders are never afraid, if they were, they wouldn't be able to live here. Born on the Norwegian 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 building a quay that will end their isolation, and her mother longs for the island of her youth, and the country faces its own sea change: the advent of a modern world, and all its attendant unpredictability and violence. Brilliantly translated into English by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw, The Unseen is a profoundly moving exploration of family, resilience, and fate.
Genre: Literary Fiction
Islanders are never afraid, if they were, they wouldn't be able to live here. Born on the Norwegian 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 building a quay that will end their isolation, and her mother longs for the island of her youth, and the country faces its own sea change: the advent of a modern world, and all its attendant unpredictability and violence. Brilliantly translated into English by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw, The Unseen is a profoundly moving exploration of family, resilience, and fate.
Genre: Literary Fiction
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August 2016 : UK Hardback
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Title: The Unseen
Author(s): Roy Jacobsen
ISBN: 0-85705-340-X / 978-0-85705-340-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: MacLehose Press
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February 2020 : Canada Paperback
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Title: The Unseen
Author(s): Roy Jacobsen
ISBN: 1-5100-5312-3 / 978-1-5100-5312-0 (UK edition)
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September 2016 : USA Audio edition

Title: The Unseen
Author(s): Roy Jacobsen, Don Bartlett - translator, Don Shaw - translator
Publisher: MacLehose Press
Availability: Amazon
September 2016 : UK Audio edition

Title: The Unseen
Author(s): Roy Jacobsen, Don Bartlett - translator, Don Shaw - translator
Publisher: MacLehose Press
Availability: Amazon UK
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March 2020 : USA, Canada Kindle edition
August 2016 : Australia, UK Kindle edition