Guest of Reality

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Guest of Reality is a semi-autobiographical novel by Swedish Nobel laureate Pär Lagerkvist that reflects on childhood, faith, and the search for meaning.

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instanceOf novel
associatedWithAuthor Nobel laureate Pär Lagerkvist NERFINISHED
author Pär Lagerkvist NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Sweden
exploresConcept loss of traditional faith
meaning of existence
personal spirituality
relationship between individual and God
genre autobiographical fiction
philosophical novel
hasAutobiographicalElements true
hasSetting Sweden NERFINISHED
childhood environment of the narrator
hasSubject childhood memories
conflict between belief and doubt
inner life of the narrator
religion
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement modernism
mainTheme childhood
existentialism
faith
religious doubt
search for meaning
spiritual crisis
narrativePerspective first-person narration
originalLanguage Swedish
partOfAuthorWork Pär Lagerkvist's religious and existential writings
reflectsExperienceOf Pär Lagerkvist NERFINISHED

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Pär Lagerkvist notableWork Guest of Reality