{"product_id":"the-unseen-paperback-1","title":"The Unseen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoy Jacobsen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDon Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eDon Bartlett\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2017 International Man Booker Prize - Shortlisted for the 2018 International Dublin Literary Award​ - \"Even by his high standards, his magnificent new novel \u003cem\u003eThe Unseen\u003c\/em\u003e is Jacobsen's finest to date, as blunt as it is subtle and is easily among the best books I have ever read.\"―Eileen Battersby, \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn on the Norwegian island that bears her name, Ingrid Barr y'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 unpredictability and violence. Brilliantly translated into English by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw, \u003cem\u003eThe Unseen\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book in the Barr y Chronicles and a moving exploration of family, resilience, and fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Oslo to a family that came from northern Norway, Roy Jacobsen has twice been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literary Award. He is the author of more than fifteen novels and is a member of the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature. In 2009 he was shortlisted for the Dublin Impac Award for his novel \u003cem\u003eThe Burnt-Out Town of Miracles\u003c\/em\u003e. Another novel, \u003cem\u003eChild Wonder\u003c\/em\u003e, won the Norwegian Booksellers' Prize and was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection. \u003cem\u003eThe Unseen\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e New and Noteworthy book. \u003cem\u003eWhite Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e, the second Barrøy novel, was published in North America by Biblioasis in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.5 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 21, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700715655231,"sku":"9781771963190","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d61cc7d1f35b47dc0511e9576d685478.webp?v=1765017883","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-unseen-paperback-1","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}