What is Pär Lagerkvist's central theme?

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The central theme is the profound tension between the sacred and the profane, between our innate longing for transcendence and the stark reality of our earthly existence. I wrestled with the absence of God, the great silence that can feel like an unbridgeable chasm. Yet, within this void, there is the possibility of a miracle, a fleeting glimpse of grace. We are all strangers here, caught between a yearning for the divine and the inescapable reality of our own mortality and sin, a complex dance of light and shadow.

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