RaveThe Financial Times (UK)The Unseen are the Barrøys, a three-generation Norwegian family who live on their own island. Occasionally the priest drops by, sometimes a man comes to buy their produce; otherwise they are undisturbed. Sparse, sublime prose distils this life along with the elements. The subtle translation, with its invented dialect, conveys a timeless, provincial voice ... Moments of introspection are as rare and bewildering as silence in a storm ... Shortlisted for the Man Booker International prize, The Unseen is a blunt, brilliant book.
