While he is ‘ damned lucky’, emphasis on damned, to be alive, he cannot help but feel life is meaningless anyways and struggles to accept faith in this strange crucified man whom he hears so much about.
Barabbas, acquitted for murder, goes on living while Jesus is crucified in his stead, and spends his life haunted by this single event. Barabbas, widely considered the masterpiece of the Swedish author and 1951 Nobel laureate Par Lagerkvist, is a parable of the dilemma of faith. It was not for him to judge.’ĭespite the small size of this novel, it is a deep chasm of heavy thoughts and difficult questions. But this was something he knew nothing about. ‘ Was there any meaning in the life he lived? Not even that did he believe in.
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