In the land of small dogs we are all card-sharpers, we do e… - Stig Dagerman

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In the land of small dogs we are all card-sharpers, we do everything in fun: in fun we feed all the small dogs with the crumbs of our feeling; in fun we make out we love every little dog we meet, and no one therefore can love properly in the land of small dogs; there is nothing genuine. Not even falsehood is genuine. (p. 257)

Stig Dagerman

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About Stig Dagerman

Stig Dagerman (5 October 1923 – 4 November 1954) was a Swedish author and journalist.

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Alternative Names: Stig Halvard Dagerman

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