The Great Sacrifice

Äls a young woman from Sweden living in Hamburg in the summer months attracts a newly married explorer Albrecht Froben who has just returned to his native city But although Äls seems to be life itself she suffers from a tropical disease which is slowly killing her Froben is torn between Äls and his wife Octavia who he seen as a kind of heavenly counterpart to the earthy and beguiling Äls