| The Dwarf Contributor(s): Lagerkvist, Par (Author), Dick, Alexandra (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0374521352 ISBN-13: 9780374521356 Publisher: Hill & Wang OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 1958 Annotation: "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." Pä r 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Historical - Renaissance |
| Dewey: 839.737 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. P r 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lagerkvist, Par: - Pär Lagerkvist, playwright, poet, essayist, and novelist, received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1951. The Dwarf, long considered a masterpiece of modern literature, was first published in 1945. Mr. Lagerkvist died in Sweden in 1974. |