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008			100402s2008 oru 000 1 eng
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050	0	0	_aPT8176.16.O38 _bZ4513 2008
082	0	0	_aFIC FOG
100	1		_aFogtdal, Peter H. _d, 1956-
240	1	0	_aZarens dvrg _l. English
245	1	4	_aThe tsar's dwarf _b: a novel _c/ Peter H. Fogtdal ; translated from the Danish by Tiina Nunnally
250			_a1st American ed
260			_aPortland, Or. _b: Hawthorne Books & Literary Arts _c, 2008.
300			_a289 p. _c; 23 cm.
500			_a"First published as Zarens dvaerg by Peoples Press in 2006"--T.p. verso
520			_aSoerine, a deformed female dwarf from Denmark, is given as a gift to Tsar Peter the Great, who is smitten by her freakishness and intellect. Against her will, the Tsar takes Soerine to St. Petersburg, where she becomes a jester in his court. There, she lives a life that both compels and repels her. Soerine eventually gives in to the attentions of Lukas, the Tsar's favorite dwarf, and carves out an existence for herself amidst the squalor and lice-ridden world of dwarfs in the early 18th century. In this inhospitable milieu, Soerine's intelligence and detached wit provide her some small measure of protection until disaster strikes in the shape of a priest who wants to save her.The Tsar's Dwarfis a masterfully told and brilliantly translated novel about aberration, endurance, and the human condition.
700	1		_aNunnally, Tiina
942			_cMO
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