Description
About the Author
Roy Jacobsen has twice been nominated for the Nordic Council's Literary Award: for Seierherrene in 1991, and Frost in 2003, and in 2009 he was shortlisted for the Dublin Impac Award for his novel The Burnt-Out Town of Miracles. The Unseen, the first in a bestselling historial series, was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2017
Reviews
'[An] intricately worked novel, as rich in detail and implication as it is classical in construction and stylistic restraint' Paul Binding, Independent. * Independent *
'A gloriously intelligent novel that is so rewarding, funny, sad and human that the only advice to be given is to read it' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times. * Irish Times *
'The kind of novel that never leaves you' Kristin Ewins, Times Literary Supplement. * Times Literary Supplement *
Book Information
ISBN 9780857386380
Author Roy Jacobsen
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint MacLehose Press
Publisher Quercus Publishing
Weight(grams) 190g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 20mm