Strindberg August Novel (1 results)

dj. First Edition Thus. First Impression. Octavo (20.5cm); black cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; pink topstain; dustjacket; [6],7-303pp. A fresh, Fine copy in a very Near Fine dustjacket, unclipped (priced 36s net), with some trivial wear to extremities and a thin surface scratch to rear panel. Revised edition of the Swedish playwright's autobiographical novel, this translation based on Ellie Schleussner's version published under the title The Confession of a Fool. "The book is a searing and astonishingly frank account of the dissolution of a union in which the protagonist depicts himself slowly being driven mad as his wife mocks his writing and his manhood, consorts with other men, and leaves him to live with a Lesbian friend" (from front flap). 85544.…