Invisible Boys
6 hrs. 58 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Roy Jacobsen
Author
Roy Jacobsen
Narrator
Oleg Buldakov
Narrator
Oleg Buldakov
Description
The novel spans 1913 to 1928. The story is entirely devoted to the life of one family on the island of Barrøy in Northern Norway. The island is small: there is only one family living there—the married couple Hans and Maria, Hans’s father Martin, Hans’s sister Barbro, who is not mentally quite normal, and the couple’s small daughter named Ingrid. At the beginning of the story, the girl is about three years old.
War begins, and five Swedes appear on Barrøy. One of them, Lars Klemmet, comes to Barbro’s liking. Soon she gives birth to a son, whom they call Lars. Ingrid goes to school on the mainland, returning home for weekends. Maria hires her as a nanny for the family of a well-off merchant. Ingrid enjoys her new life, but after some time the parents of the children she takes care of suddenly disappear.
Later it turns out that the father of the family committed suicide, and the mother was sent to an insane asylum in Bødo. Ingrid returns to the island, taking the children of her employer with her.
Suddenly Hans dies, and Maria falls into depression. The head of the family becomes the teenager Lars. Ingrid feels like the mistress of the house. Together with Lars, she sets up fish and eiderdown trading.
Roy Jacobsen (b. 1954) is considered one of the most significant authors in modern Norway. He became the first Norwegian writer to make the shortlist for both the International Booker Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award IMPAC for his novel “The Unseen,” which became a bestseller in almost all 30 countries where it was published.
War begins, and five Swedes appear on Barrøy. One of them, Lars Klemmet, comes to Barbro’s liking. Soon she gives birth to a son, whom they call Lars. Ingrid goes to school on the mainland, returning home for weekends. Maria hires her as a nanny for the family of a well-off merchant. Ingrid enjoys her new life, but after some time the parents of the children she takes care of suddenly disappear.
Later it turns out that the father of the family committed suicide, and the mother was sent to an insane asylum in Bødo. Ingrid returns to the island, taking the children of her employer with her.
Suddenly Hans dies, and Maria falls into depression. The head of the family becomes the teenager Lars. Ingrid feels like the mistress of the house. Together with Lars, she sets up fish and eiderdown trading.
Roy Jacobsen (b. 1954) is considered one of the most significant authors in modern Norway. He became the first Norwegian writer to make the shortlist for both the International Booker Prize and the International Dublin Literary Award IMPAC for his novel “The Unseen,” which became a bestseller in almost all 30 countries where it was published.
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