The Dwarf

The Dwarf or in the Swedish language original, Dv?rgen is a novel by P?r Lagerkvist from 1944. It is considered his most important novel and the most artistically innovative. It was translated into English by Alexandra Dick in 1945.

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The main character of this story is a Dwarf, 26 inches high, at the court of an Italian City-state in the renaissance. The exact locations are unclear, but since a character named Bernardo, which is unmistakably modeled on Leonardo da Vinci appears in the novel, it appears to take place in a fictional version of Milan around Leonardos stay at the court of the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforza, from 1482 to 1499. There is a reference to Santa Croce being in the immediate surroundings, but this is possibly mixed up with the Basilica di Santa Croce di Firenze so that the story could actually be set in Florence. At the same time Lagerkvist puts Bernardo/Leonardo's creation of The Last Supper and Mona Lisa into the plot, one of them created in Milan, the other presumably in Florence. Further, the Prince that inspired Niccol? Machiavelli to write The Prince has been assumed to be Cesare Borgia, who also employed Leonardo da Vinci as a military architect, a role he (as Bernardo) plays alongside his painting work in The Dwarf. In this way aspects of all these historical places and people are mixed into the background of the novel.

Swedish language: Swedish (') is a North Germanic language (also called Scandinavian languages) spoken predominantly in Sweden and in part of Finland, especially along the coast and on the ?land islands, by more than nine million people. It is mutually intelligible with two of the other Scandinavian languages, Danish...

1944: 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar)....

Dwarf: A dwarf is a short humanoid creature in Norse mythology, fairy tales, fantasy fiction and role-playing games. Dwarves are much like humans, but generally living underground or in mountainous areas. Here they have heaped up countless treasures of gold, silver, and precious stones, and pass their time...

The Dwarf related Images and Photos (experimental)

Dwarf Caiman	Red Dwarf: V (DVD)	Red Dwarf: I (DVD)	Red Dwarf: II (DVD)
Red Dwarf: VI (DVD)	Red Dwarf: IV (DVD)	Red Dwarf: III (DVD)	Red Dwarf: VII (DVD)
Red Dwarf: VIII (DVD)	Dwarf Hamster	Dwarf Palmetto	Red Dwarf: VII & VIII (DVD) (2-Pack)