The Sibyl

Literature & Fiction

Lagerkvist, Pär

Literary

Vintage

"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.

The Dwarf

Hill and Wang

"A parable, rather than a novel in the ordinary sense of the term, The Sibyl is . . . a work of manifold meanings and unmistakable profundity, one that can neither be easily understood nor easily forgotten." —Granville Hicks, The New Leader

United States

Herod and Mariamne (English and Swedish Edition)

Random House, Inc.

Barabbas is the acquitted; the man whose life was exchanged for that of Jesus of Nazareth, crucified upon the hill of Golgotha. Barabbas is a man condemned to have no god. "Christos Iesus" is carved on the disk suspended from his neck, but he cannot affirm his faith. He cannot pray. He can only say, "I want to believe.""Its power is the power of a parable, with the same timeless echo." -- The New York Times"As a parable, Barabbas is open to many interpretations. As a picture of a human soul, with or without parable, it is moving and convincing." -- Time"Swift, sparing, limpid, and hauntingly intense." -- Atlantic MonthlyPar Lagerkvist was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1951.Translated from the Swedish by Alan Blair

Barabbas

New English Library Ltd.

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Sibyl, The

Classics

Chatto&Windus

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. Mariamne, hardcover, Very Good, 1st Edition. 78pp. Very good clean tight sound square, appears unopened and unread, fresh crisp corners and edges as issued. Bound in bright gilt lettered green cloth with fresh unclipped original colour illustrated matt wrapper in very good condition. A great addition to the library of reader and collector alike.

Mariamne: a novel,

Text: English, Swedish (translation)

The eternal smile,

Contemporary

"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.

Dwarf

Interlink Publishing+group Inc

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The Sibyl

The Dwarf

The Sibyl

Herod and Mariamne (English and Swedish Edition)

Barabbas

Barabbas

Sibyl, The

Mariamne: a novel,

The eternal smile,

Dwarf