His brevity does make it difficult to determine what is going on at times, though. Jacobsen’s sparse and raw prose evoke the chaos and despair of war, and his atmospheric descriptions vividly depict the island’s brutal landscape. This is the second in a series after The Unseen, and it is a very challenging book to jump into without reading the first one. Harboring a prisoner has dire consequences, but Ingrid risks her life to help Alexander escape. Despite speaking different languages, the two communicate through looks and gestures and develop feelings for each other. Among the bodies, she finds a gravely wounded survivor, Alexander, whom she manages to nurse back to health. They are from a bombed ship transporting German soldiers and their prisoners of war. In 1944, while Ingrid is out doing chores, she discovers bodies washed up on the shore. Life on the northern Norwegian island is harsh and unforgiving, with a never-ending amount of work required merely to survive. With her aunt recovering from a broken leg in a hospital on the mainland, Ingrid is the only person living on Barrøy.
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