Copenhagen Song of Songs

A novel teeming with life about the search for the love of a century, great losses and second chances.

This family saga, in which the shy painter Esther recounts the fate of three generations living under one roof, is set in Copenhagen, on the stage of the Paris Opera and at the Sovalskaya Circus on the outskirts of St. Petersburg.

When Esther's grandfather Hannibal buys a house in Copenhagen in 1921, he imagines a home imbued with opera, a bohemian spirit and a love as intoxicating as Solomon's Song of Songs. But for his bride, the Russian artist Varinka, the time for miracles ended the moment she saw her first love disappear into the jaws of a badger.

In contrast, the daughter of Hannibal and Varinka, the stewardess Eva, a lover of magic and possibly a clairvoyant, will embark on a much more passionate relationship with the Swedish pigeon tamer Jan-Gustav. Hannibal's desire for love and art is also passed on to his granddaughters, the twins Esther and Olga, who compete to be the family artist, while their older sister Philippa longs to become the world's first female cosmonaut.

If you're in need of adventure, love and a guide on how to see the world with slightly more merciful eyes, read the intoxicating, thrilling and fantastic Copenhagen Song of Songs. The narrative tumbles, rushes and winds in such a way that you have to hold on to your chair with one hand while turning the pages with the other.
— Femina

It is absolutely miraculous how Annette Bjergfeldt manages to deliver a narrative in colours, tones and emotions. [...] Her debut novel is admirable, and one can only look forward to more little miracles from her pen.
— Politiken

Annette Bjergfeldt's debut is a firework of imagination and overflows with wordplay and sentence-play. [...] A wonderful novel sparkling with humour.
— Sřndag