The Unseen, Roy Jacobsen
The Unseen, Roy Jacobsen
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The Unseen

Author: Roy Jacobsen

Series: Barroy #1

Narrator: John Skelley

Unabridged: 6 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/17/2021

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age


Synopsis

Born on the Norwegian island that bears her name, Ingrid Barrøy’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, The
Unseen is the first book in the Ingrid Barrøy Trilogy and a profoundly moving exploration of family, resilience, and fate.

About Roy Jacobsen

Roy Jacobsen is a Norwegian novelist and short-story writer. Born in Oslo, he made his publishing debut in 1982 with the short-story collection Fangeliv (Prison Life), which won Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris. He is winner of the prestigious Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature and two of his novels have been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize: Seierherrene (The Conquerors) in 1991 and Frost in 2004. The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles was published in Britain in 2008. Jacobsen lives in Oslo.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bart on November 04, 2020

Het jaar 2020 wordt niet bepaald een pronkstuk op je buffetkast, met een spotlichtje erop. Ik denk dat veel mensen geneigd zijn om het jaar in een paar woorden samen te vatten en in een doos te stoppen. Misschien plakken ze er nog de naam van een man of een virus op, maar evengoed gaat het daarna ri......more

Goodreads review by Lena on October 19, 2024

Gloomy historical drama. This is the first part of a trilogy about the hard life of Norwegian fishermen of the last century. The novel is about a family living on a small, isolated island. Their life is full of hard work and struggle with the harsh nature - from deadly frosts and droughts to powerful......more

Goodreads review by Peter on June 21, 2017

"Islanders are never afraid, if they were they wouldn’t be able to live here..." This captivating tale is set on the tiny island of Barrøy off the coast of Norway, around the beginning of the 20th century. It is inhabited by one family: Hans, his wife Maria, father Martin, sister Barbro and his young......more

Goodreads review by Zeren on July 30, 2019

Nasıl bir hazla okudum tarif edemem. Ada romanları içinde ve Norveç edebiyatında benim için en iyilerinden biri oldu bu roman. Doğanın heybeti karşısında hiçe dönüşen insan hikayeleri okumayı çok seviyorum ve adalar, insanlarına o heybet karşısında saygılı bir kabulü öğreterek büyütüyor. Çünkü isted......more

Goodreads review by Mevsim on July 23, 2019

Uzakta, yeterince yakınına gelindiğinde bile görülmeyen bir ada. Ve adada yaşayan balıkçı bir ailenin rutinleri. Güneşin doğmasıyla bir önceki günün aynını yaşamak için uyanan insanlar. Kahramanlarımız, Hans Barrøy ve ailesi metropol insanlarından farklı gözüküyor ama ben çok benzerlik yakaladım, ya......more