Par Lagerkvist

• Jan-1953
• / Literary
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Poetry. Translated from the Swedish by Anthony Barnett. Pär Lagerkvist (1891-1974) was one of Sweden's greatest, most prolific, twentieth-century novelists and short story writers. EVENING LAND is the first complete translation of Lagerkvist's n...

• Feb-1958
• / General Fiction
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"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."

PÃ...

• Sep-1963
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"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...

• Feb-1973
• / General Fiction
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This collection of stories written over a period of more than thirty shows the deep seriousness and astonishing versatility of Par Lagerkvist's imagination. From the commonplace charm of the title story, to the searing futuristic satire of "The Child...

• Jan-1982
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• Mar-1982
• / General Fiction
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Lagerkvists 'The Holy Land' is a novel about one man coming to terms with the disappointments of his life and the ability to make the best of a seemingly futile situation. After he resigns to the reality of his oncoming demise, it turns out that it h...

• Mar-1982
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• May-1982
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• Nov-1989
• / General Fiction
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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 ...