{"product_id":"9781848666108","title":"The Unseen","description":"Author: Roy Jacobsen\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781848666108\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Quercus Books\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 16 May 2017\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNobody can leave an island. An island is a cosmos in a nutshell, where the stars slumber in the grass beneath the snow. But occasionally someone tries . . . \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIngrid Barroy is born on an island that bears her name - a holdfast for a single family, their livestock, their crops, their hopes and dreams.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer father dreams of building a quay that will connect them to the mainland, but closer ties to the wider world come at a price. Her mother has her own dreams - more children, a smaller island, a different life - and there is one question Ingrid must never ask her.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIsland life is hard, a living scratched from the dirt or trawled from the sea, so when Ingrid comes of age, she is sent to the mainland to work for one of the wealthy families on the coast.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Norway too is waking up to a wider world, a modern world that is capricious and can be cruel. Tragedy strikes, and Ingrid must fight to protect the home she thought she had left behind.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46325632270494,"sku":"ADS-9781848666108","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781848666108.jpg?v=1766547154","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781848666108","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}