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Barbara

Barbara

Jacobsen, Jorgen-Franz
Johnston, George

Paperback

Classic FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1909408077
ISBN13: 9781909408074
Publisher: Norvik Pr
Published: Mar 15 2014
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
Barbara, originally written in Danish, was the only novel by the Faroese author J rgen-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. J rgen-Franz Jacobsen portrays her with a fascinated devotion.

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