BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:O'Neal Library X-WR-CALNAME:O'Neal Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5cadb2fa-9832-4bb3-935b-0847b7b376c9 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260725T032430Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20210225T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20210225T193000 SUMMARY:Lost & Found LOCATION:O’Neal Library\nO’Neal Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=O’Neal Library;X-AP PLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=O’Neal Library:geo:33.5012942,-86.7565774 GEO:33.5012942;-86.7565774 DESCRIPTION:The Dwarf by Pär Lagerkvist.\nhttps://emmetoneal.libnet.inf o/event/4800237 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

In February\, the Lost &\; Found Book G roup will read Nobelist Par Lagerkvist's vitriolic and masterful "The Dwar f"\, set during the Italian Renaissance. The novel\, published in 1944\, i s presented as a diary penned by Piccoline\, the misanthropic dwarf of the title. It features characters based on Leonardo da Vinci and the late 15t h century Duke of Milan\, Ludovico Sforza\, as well as Cesare Borgia\, the prince in whose court Piccoline serves. (He was also the inspiration for Machiavelli's "The Prince".) The novel's setting is ambiguous but it is ob viously a synthesis of Milan and Florence\, as Bernardo (the da Vinci stan d-in) is working on paintings at the Duke's court that evoke the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper respectively. What distinguishes this short parable f rom the usual historical novel is the voice of the dwarf. He personifies e vil and is a master of hyper-articulate invective. In lyrical and deadly p rose\, with undertones of macabre humor\, he abhors nearly every man and w oman in the court (except\, for the most part\, the prince) and he delight s in telling us why. This audacious narrator reserves his admiration for v ery few things but they include sick brutality\, war on a grand scale\, tr adition\, however outmoded it may be\, and immutable positions\; change he cannot abide. For all that he is deplorable\, though\, he is a thoroughly compelling character whom Lagerkvist employs to represent man's basest im pulses. This is a swift\, shocking little book with an an almost perfect d enouement\; there is much to talk about here so please join us for our Zoo m meeting on February 25\, 2021! Feel free to enjoy an adult beverage duri ng the discussion. We look forward to seeing you!

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