Barbara (Paperback) by Jorgen-Franz Jacobsen, George Johnston

9781909408074. New condition. Trade paperback. 2nd ed. Language: English. Pages: 306. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 306 p. Contains: Unspecified. Barbara, originally written in Danish, was the only novel by the Faroese author J�rgen-Frantz 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-Frantz Jacobsen portrays her with a fascinated devotion.