When the farmer's daughter Emma marries the doctor Charles Bovary, she has high hopes for a new and exciting life. But everyday life quickly sets in and Emma feels locked into the pompous and predictable petit bourgeois lifestyle. She wants more! And she seeks excitement where it is offered: In cheesy novels, in the abundance of shops and in the allure of passion. But can she break free?

Madame Bovary

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In Lena Andersson's August Prize-nominated novel, conversations are at the center, both the dialogues and the inner monologues. On the Small Stage, becomes a performance filled with razor-sharp observations of the most banal essentials – a deep dive into the thankless task of being a human being among humans.Study in human behavior.

Jennifer Amaka Pettersson

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