Evening Land

From Barabbas onward Par Lagerkvist's main theme was man's complicated relationship to God. Evening Land, in addition, deals with approaching old age, the mystery of life and death, the question of God, the proximity of death. In it, Lagerkvist can be said to represent both modern believers and non-believers in a transitional time for religion.

Brought out now, just a year afte...

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Lagerkvist was born in 1891 in southern Sweden. In 1910 he went to Uppsala as a student and in 1913 he left for Paris, where he was exposed to the work of Pablo Picasso. He studied Middle Age Art, as well as Indian and Chinese literature, to prepare himself for becoming a poet. His first collection of poetry was published in 1916. In 1940 Lagerkvist was chosen as one of the "ad...

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