Give Us Barabbas! We Are Barabbas!
Reviewing Pär Lagerkvist’s Classic, Nobel-Winning Novel ‘Barabbas’
After the phlebotomist stuck me twice without result, she went to get some help. In walked the most experienced woman at the lab with a trainee in tow. As she poked and probed the inner bend of my arm, looking for the best possible vein, she noticed the book I’d brought with me: Barabbas by Swedish novelist, poet, and playwright Pär Lagerkvist.
“Tell me …
