Dimensions
135 x 216 x 24mm
"The Strawberry Girl' is Johanne Lien, whose simple life of gathering berries to sell to tourists and posing barefoot for visiting artists changes dramatically when she is sent to work for a wealthy naval family. There she is befriended by the admiral's youngest daughter, Tullik Ihlen, who is desperate for sexual and emotional adventure. Johanne acts as a go-between for Tullik who secretly meets and seduces Munch, a controversial artist struggling to find success, and whose habits the local community regard as sinful'. As Johanne is drawn ever deeper into the raw emotion of Munch's paintings and his highly charged relationship with Tullik, she is forced to pay the price for concealing the liaison. The crisis that results when the truth emerges will end Johanne's innocence, undermine Tullik's sanity and potentially destroy Munch's work and the little that is left of his reputation. Just as Tracy Chevalier approached an artist and his work through fiction to great effect so Lisa Str mme places Munch and The Scream' in fascinating context to create an intense and surprising love story."
