Roy Jacobsen

Born on the Norwegian island that bears her name, Ingrid Barrøy’s world is circumscribed by storm-scoured rocks and the moods of the sea by which her family lives and dies. But her father dreams of building a quay that will end their isolation, and her mother longs for the island of her youth...

The highly anticipated sequel to International Booker and Dublin Impac Award-shortlisted The Unseen No one can be alone on an island . . . but Ingrid is alone on Barrøy, the island that bears her name, and the war of her childhood has been replaced by a new, more terrible present: the Nazi...

The third novel in a historical trilogy that began with the International Booker-shortlisted The Unseen 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...

Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017. 'Nobody 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.... Ingrid Barrøy is born on an island that bears her name - a holdfast for a single...

After a long journey through Norway, Ingrid has returned to Barrøy, the island that bears her family name. The Second World War still casts its long shadow: former collaborators face cold shoulders, while others wish to leave the painful years in the past....

"FROST" er en beretning fra vikingetidens Norden. Som bare 13-årig blvier den lille Torgæst Torhalleson fredløs efter at have hævnet sin far og dræbt...

I "Bare en mor" følger vi Ingrid, der efter en lang rejse er vendt tilbage til øen Barrøy i det nordlige Norge. Livet er tilsyneladende...

Wat hebben de slachtoffers van een reeks moorden in Oslo met elkaar te maken? Na de vondst van het levenloze lichaam van een Pakistaans meisje...

72-årige Hans Larsen har ikke opført sig som han burde over for sin eneste datter. Efter en lang afsoning er han nu lukket ud af fængslet og...