Lagerkvist, Par, 1891-1974.

The marriage feast [by] Par Lagerkvist. - New York, Hill and Wang [1973] - 222 p. 22 cm.

The stories have been translated by Alan Blair, with the exception of On the scales of Osiris, which was translated by Carl Eric Lindin.

The marriage feast.--Father and I.--The adventure.--A hero's death.--The venerated bones.--Saviour John.--The experimental world.--The lift that went down into hell.--Love and death.--The basement.--The evil angel.--The princess and all the kingdom.--Paradise.--The children's campaign.--God's little travelling salesman.--The masquerade of souls.--The myth of mankind.--On the scales of Osiris.--The strange country.

0809067862 080901372X (pbk.)

PT9875.L2 / M3

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