The Dwarf

Pär Lagerkvist

Original title: Dvärgen

Translated by Alexandra Dick first published 1945 Hill and Wang, 1958 288 pages

Delfinserien ; D43

Set in a time when Italian towns feuded over the outcome of the last feud, this novel centers on a social outcast, the court dwarf Piccoline. From his special vantage point Piccoline comments on the court's prurience and on politcal intrigue as the town is gripped by a siege.

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Alexandra Dick 1 printing we hold · 1958 · Hill and Wang

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Editions we hold

The dwarf edition · 1985 · Quartet · 175 pages
Dwarf hardcover · 1975 · Vintage/Ebury (A Division of Random House Group) · 175 pages · 9780701112707
Dvärgen. edition · 1974 · Bokförlaget Aldus · 157 pages
The Dwarf edition · 1958 · Hill and Wang · 288 pages · 9780374521356
The Dwarf paperback · 1945 · Hill & Wang · 228 pages
Dvärgen edition · Albert Bonniers

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