{"product_id":"9781771963190","title":"Unseen","description":"\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\n\u003cp\u003eBorn 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, \u003cem\u003eThe Unseen\u003c\/em\u003e is the first book in the Barrøy Chronicles and a moving exploration of family, resilience, and fate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roy Jacobsen","offers":[{"title":"Biblioasis |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2020-04-21","offer_id":45529951830271,"sku":"9781771963190","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_e310724e-14a3-44f3-b71c-d6705cf4e787.jpg?v=1716670599","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781771963190","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}