Summer 1893. In a small Norwegian fishing village, local girl Johanne dutifully gathers berries for tourists and poses barefoot for painters as The Strawberry Girl'. When Johanne becomes a maid for the wealthy Ihlen family, their wayward daughter re...
In this breathtaking literary novel, an innocent maid discovers the power of obsession when she is caught between two lovers in an illicit affair. Johanne Lien has grown up living a simple life with her family in Asgardstrand, Norway. Now that she...
Bergen, 1905. Dagny Jensen, The Voice of Norway, is a celebrated opera singer at the height of her fame. As the star takes the stage at the opening of Bergen's plush new theatre, singing songs from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt, the eyes of the nation are...