- Barabbas, Criminals, Fiction, Roman
Barabbas, the thief, was acquitted when Christ was crucified, but he cannot put the thought of that man out of his mind. He finds himself drawn to the Christians who remain.
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Grave, earnest, contemplative and prestige.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Pär Lagerkvist
- First published
- 1800
- Pages
- 180
- Publisher
- Vintage Books, Chatto & Windus, Stock
- Editions
- 27
- Language
- French, German, fin, English
- ISBN
- 9780553027211
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About Pär Lagerkvist · 1891–1974
Swedish writer, Nobel Prize winner in 1951.
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