The Dwarf

New York: L.B. Fischer, 1945.

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Hardcover. First American edition as well as the first edition in English. Translated from the Swedish by Alexandra Dick. Publisher's reply card laid in. Fine in fine dustwrapper with very slight age-toning. A very nice copy of this cheaply manufactured wartime book, the Danish Nobel laureate's novel of an evil dwarf in the court of a Renaissance prince. A masterpiece, and very scarce in this condition.

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Item #325528 The Dwarf. Pär LAGERKVIST.

Par F. Lagerkvist
birth name: Par Fabian Lagerkvist
born: 5/23/1891
died: 7/11/1974
nationality: Sweden

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Biography

One of the major Swedish literary figures of the first half of the 20th century. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1951. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore

Collecting tips:

Lagerkvist seems to be one of the few Scandinavian Nobel Prize-laureates whose work translates well into English. His two best-known works in English are Barabbas, (first U.S. edition published in 1951), which was adapted into the film of the same name featuring Anthony Quinn; and The Dwarf (first U.S., and first edition to appear in English published in 1945 by L.B. Fischer, eight years before the U.K. edition). Both are relatively inexpensive, but the later is inordinately hard to find in nice condition - and a great read as well - a narrative by an evil and cynical dwarf in the court of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.more