The Dwarf
By Par Lagerkvist"I have noticed that sometimes I frighten people; what they really fear is themselves. They think it is I who scare them, but it is the dwarf within them, the ape-faced manlike being who sticks up his head from the depths of their souls."
Pär Lagerkvist's richly philosophical novel The Dwarf is an exploration of individual and social identity. The novel, set in a time when Italian towns feuded over the outcome of the last feud, centers on a social outcast, the court dwarf Piccoline. From his special vantage point Piccoline comments on the court's prurience and on political intrigue as the town is gripped by a siege. Gradually, Piccoline is drawn deeper and deeper into the conflict, and he inspires fear and hate around him as he grows to represent the fascination of the masses with violence.
Book details
- Paperback
- 228 pages
- English
- 0809013037
- 9780809013036
About Par Lagerkvist
lagerkvist was born in 1891 in southern sweden. in 1910 he went to uppsala as a student and in 1913 he left for paris, where he was exposed to the work of Read More about Par Lagerkvist
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