Lit in Translation

The Unseen

De usynlige

Roy Jacobsen (born 1954)

Translated by Don Bartlett, Don Shaw

English editions

In English

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Ingrid is growing up on Barrøy, a speck of land far out among the Helgeland skerries, where Hans Barrøy's family scratches a living from the sea. Her world is fishing, gales and want; the changing year, the seabirds and the open water are hers, and she must master skills that nobody else still has. Set between 1913 and 1928 among Norway's poor coastal folk, the novel tells a family story that is also a piece of the country's history.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
244 pages in the original
Genres
Family, Historical (assigned by AI)
Set in
Norway, 1913–1928
First published
2013 by Cappelen Damm
Author's age
59 when first published
ISBN

9788202423025 (original)

9780857053411 (MacLehose Press, United Kingdom)

9781848666108 (MacLehose Press, United Kingdom)

9781771963190 (Biblioasis, Canada)

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