{"product_id":"barbara-paperback","title":"Barbara - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eBarbara, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51373861961951,"sku":"9781909408074","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/1g-t6OUBK-9781909408074.webp?v=1789164486","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/barbara-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}