Beyaz Deniz

The year is 1944... Ingrid, who has returned to her childhood island of Barroy, prepares for winter by defying the powers of the sea and the sky on this deserted piece of land that now hosts only her; she spreads the nets, mends the fences, and watches the sea and the birds. While she gives new meaning to Barrøy, whom she thinks she knows every inch of, this time through the perception of a young woman, the harsh winter tests her with loneliness, fears and an unexpected love.

Roy Jacobsen, one of Norway's most important living writers, enlarges the picture even further in The White Sea, the sequel to the highly acclaimed The Unseen, and takes the story of the Barroy family, who live on a small island in the north of the country, to the last years of World War II.

Award-winning author Jacobsen's penetrating, simple narrative once again shocks the reader with mastery and subtlety.

Ever since she was born, Ingrid had been searching for berries, eggs, bird feathers, fish, seashells, stones to hang in the net, sheep, flowers, wood, rice... no matter what an islander's head and hands are busy with, his eyes constantly search; the restless gazes that roam the islands and the sea are fixated on the slightest change, perceive the most insignificant signs, see spring before it comes, recognize snow before it paints the indentations white, notice animals before they die and children before they fall, see invisible fish in the sea under masses of white wings. The beating hearts of the islanders are their eyes.

(From the Promotion Bulletin)

Dough Type : 2. Dough

Number of Pages : 176

Size : 13.5 x 21

Year of First Printing : 2019

Number of Prints : 1. Edition