Barbara - Couverture souple

Jacobsen, Jorgen-Frantz

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1909232300 ISBN 13 : 9781909232303

Editeur : Dedalus Ltd, 2013

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

Barbara is the only novel by Jorgen-Frantz Jacobsen. Set in the 1700s and originally written in Danish, the manuscript was left behind on his death in 1938. This excellent translation by W. Glyn Jones was published over 70 years later. The story is based on a Faroese legend, Beinta and Peder Arrheboe . Barbara is the widow of two former pastors when the ship Fortuna arrives, bringing Poul, the new pastor. Poul is warned about Barbara, but he falls for her charms. Barbara has genuine feelings for Poul but cannot resist the attention of other men. When ships come to port she is seduced, like many other women, by the sailors. Barbara and Poul marry, but she falls for Andreas and leaves with, him. A story of infatuation and vanity, it is, as the cover suggests, a story of a Faroese Moll Flanders; though Barbara has very little moral sense, she has a certain charm about her, and her story and interactions with Poul and Andreas make the novel come alive. There are nice descriptions of life and customs on the Faroe Islands. The dialogue believable, concise, and interesting and descriptions create a great sense of time and place. I enjoyed the read, even though I felt it was sad in places, and would recommend it for its historical and geographical interest. --Barbara Goldie in The Historical Novel Society Review

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Barbara is a Faroese Moll Flanders, a woman of insatiable sexual desire, which leads her from one man to another in search of sexual gratification. There is a highly successful Danish feature film of the novel. Jorgen-Frantz Jacobsen's novel is based on an old Faroese ballad about a woman who led her three clergymen husbands to their destruction and the author's own experience of a woman with whom he was in love, but who proved elusive in the manner of the fictitious Barbara. The novel was unfinished when Jacobsen died, and was left to his friend and fellow author William Heinesen to tie up a small number of loose ends.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dedalus Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1909232300
• ISBN 13: 9781909232303
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 270