The Marriage Feast

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Summary: More "traditional" stories...
Review: The Marriage Feast is a compilation of stories that appeared in the 1954 book titled The Eternal Smile, and Other Stories. The Marriage Feast omits "The Eternal Smile," "The Hangman," and "The Guest of Reality." So, if you can pick up a copy of the Eternal Smile compilation you will have more wonderful stories!
The Marriage Feast, though, does not suffer from the omissions! Those readers who first approached Lagerkvist through Barabbas and/or The Sibyl will relish many of the same themes and symbolism; yet, the style of many of these stories is vastly different from Lagerkvist's parables, more "traditional" in form and structure.

My favorite line comes from "The Masquerade of Souls." It reads: "And what more can we know? What else have we to go by than the fullness of our heart when we look back."

These stories will fill your heart!

Rating:
Summary: More "traditional" stories...
Review: The Marriage Feast is a compilation of stories that appeared in the 1954 book titled The Eternal Smile, and Other Stories. The Marriage Feast omits "The Eternal Smile," "The Hangman," and "The Guest of Reality." So, if you can pick up a copy of the Eternal Smile compilation you will have more wonderful stories!
The Marriage Feast, though, does not suffer from the omissions! Those readers who first approached Lagerkvist through Barabbas and/or The Sibyl will relish many of the same themes and symbolism; yet, the style of many of these stories is vastly different from Lagerkvist's parables, more "traditional" in form and structure.

My favorite line comes from "The Masquerade of Souls." It reads: "And what more can we know? What else have we to go by than the fullness of our heart when we look back."

These stories will fill your heart!