This novel is the jewel of Scandinavian literature. It achieved great success and topped the best-selling books in the world. It was translated into five languages shortly after its first edition was released, and it was turned into a movie of the same name produced in 1997. The novel presents scene after scene, vibrant images of the Faroe Islands in the mid-eighteenth century, delves into the debate between nature and humans, vanity in every sense is its essence, the vanity that comes with position, power or beauty, wondering if there is a meaning to life.. Barbara Charming and infatuated, a bewildering character who possesses a charm of her own that, coupled with a complete lack of moral sense, is unable to tolerate her own erotic impulses, and her only recourse is to escape into seduction
