Eyes of the Rigel
$29.22
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
14 September 2021
Summary
The third novel in a historical trilogy that began with the International Booker shortlisted The Unseen
“Taken together, Jacobsen has given us an epic of Norway’s experience of the first half of the 20th century that is subtle and moving” David Mills, Sunday Times
“Jacobsen can make almost anything catch the light … One of Norway’s greatest writers on the working class” Times Literary Supplement
The journey had taken on its own momentum, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857058898 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0857058894 |
| Author: | Roy Jacobsen, Don Bartlett, Don Shaw |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 14 September 2021 |
| Weight: | 197g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
A fascinating study of the complex reality of postwar society … The novel shimmers with characteristically striking imagery … Jacobsen can make almost anything catch the light
A fascinating study of the complex reality of postwar society … The novel shimmers with characteristically striking imagery … Jacobsen can make almost anything catch the light – Johanne Elster Hanson * Times Literary Supplement *The third part of a remarkable series of books … Don Bartlett and Don Shaw deserve much praise for their translation: their ingenious rendering of Ingrid’s island dialect, which closely echoes the original Norwegian, is accompanied by the lyrical simplicity of Jacobsen’s descriptions. – Theodora Danek * Guardian. *Taken together, Jacobsen has given us an epic of Norway’s experience of the first half of the 20th century that is subtle and moving. – David Mills * Sunday Times. *
About The Author
Roy Jacobsen
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.
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