{"product_id":"the-dwarf","title":"The Dwarf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePär Lagerkvist's richly philosophical novel \u003ci\u003eThe Dwarf\u003c\/i\u003e is an exploration of individual and social identity. The novel, set in a time when Italian towns feuded over the outcome of the last feud, centers on a social outcast, the court dwarf PIccoline. From his special vantage point Piccoline comments on the court's prurience and on political intrigue as the town is gripped by a siege. Gradually, Piccoline is drawn deeper and deeper into the conflict, and he inspires fear and hate around him as he grows to represent the fascination of the masses with violence.","brand":"Hill \u0026 Wang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52317636690136,"sku":"9780374521356","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_16847b77-1289-4004-b76b-ae87b7c6ced3.jpg?v=1787949678","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/the-dwarf","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}