Barbara, originally written in Danish, was the only novel by the Faroese author Jørgen-Franz Jacobsen (1900 - 1938), and yet it quickly achieved international best-seller status and is still one of the best-loved twentieth century classics in Danish and Faroese literature.

On the face of it, Barbara is a straightforward historical novel in the mode of many a so-called ''romance''. It contains a story of passion in an exotic setting with overtones of semi-piracy; there is a powerful erotic element, an outsider who breaks up a marriage, and a built-in inevitability resulting from Barbara''s own psychological make-up.

She stands as one of the most complex female characters in modern Scandinavian literature: beautiful, passionate, innocent, devoted, amoral and uncomprehending of her own tragedy. Jørgen-Franz Jacobsen portrays her with a fascinated devotion.


Format Häftad Omfång 306 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Norvik Press Utgivningsdatum 2014-03-15 ISBN 9781909408074