Dvärgen

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.

First sentence: I AM twenty-six inches tall, shapely and well proportioned, my head perhaps a trifle too large.

Year

1945

Language

English

Publisher

Hill and Wang

Editions

4

Reader rating

4.2 / 5 (5)

Pages

288

ISBN

9780374521356

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