{"product_id":"the-unseen-9781771963190","title":"The 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 \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 Trilogy and a moving exploration of family, resilience, and fate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioasis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771963190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.30w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2020 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Roy Jacobsen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36668355608732,"sku":"9781771963190","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_fcb3f39e-ab6d-4437-9ed7-378f9d1c0ab7.jpg?v=1603917314","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-unseen-9781771963190","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}