Pär LagerkvistEducation · Classics·1891–1974
The dwarf
The dwarf
- Pages
- 175
- Published
- 1945
- Language
- English
Synopsis
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.
