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, it
had become an autonomous, independent entity, she was searching for
love, and was still happily unaware that truth is the first
casualty of peace. The long war is over, and Ingrid Barroy leaves
the island that bears her name to search for the father of her
child. Alexander, the Russian captive who survived the sinking of
prisoner ship the Rigel and found himself in Ingrid's arms, made an
attempt to cross the mountains to Sweden. Ingrid will follow in his
footsteps, carrying her babe in arms, the child's dark eyes the
only proof that she ever knew him. Along the way, Ingrid's will
encounter collaborators, partisans, refugees, deserters, slaves and
sinners, in a country that still bears the scars of defeat and
occupation. And before her journey's end she will be forced to ask
herself how well she knows the man she is risking everything to
find. Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett and Don Shaw
Don Bartlett is the acclaimed translator of books by Karl Ove
Knausgard, Jo Nesbo and Per Petterson. Don Shaw, co-translator, is
a teacher of Danish and author of the standard
Danish-Thai/Thai-Danish dictionaries. With the support of the
Creative Europe Programme of the European Union
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