The Sibyl Author:Par Lagerkvist Par Lagerkvist is an artist of such classic stature that he can felicitously blend in a short space an extraordinarily absorbing story, poetry's haunting quality of old, unhappy, far-off things, shattering dramatic effects, a protagonist of great warmth, charm and power...In short, for those whose faith in the novel as a living art form needs qu... more »ickening...The Sibyl is unreservedly recommended. The Commonweal.« less