Benché il successo di Barabba e il Premio Nobel nei 1951 l’avessero fatto conoscere al grande pubblico anche italiano, Pär Lagerkvist è stato in seguito quasi dimenticato; lasciato in disparte dai flussi delle mode. Ma la scarna semplicità della sua
A continuation of an allegorical tale by the great Swedish poet, playwright, novelist & essayist (followed by "Pilgrim at Sea", 1962 & being the 3rd installment of Lagerkvist's tetralogy consisting of Barabbas, The Sybil, The Death of Ahasuerus &a
Historien om en plötslig drabbande kärlek hos den grymme Herodes, kung över det Heliga Landet, till en kvinna han möter. Hon blir hans hustru av medlidande och offervilja och lyckas för en tid mildra hans onska
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 affir
In this powerful, poetic, and moving parable, the Wandering Jew of medieval Christian legend journeys to Delphi to consult the famed oracle of the pagans. He is turned away but not before learning that one of the most adept of the old priestesses, or siby
"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
Under en resa genom Europa våren 1933 kunde Pär Lagerkvist bevittna fascismens och nazismens framfart. Vid hemkomsten till Sverige påbörjade han detta verk som skulle komma att bli ett omistligt inlägg i kampen mot våldet och nazismen. Bödeln är e
