The Ionesco book is great! Remember enjoying Strindberg's By The Open Sea a lot too, but it's been 20 years since I read that so who knows?
― Krampus Interruptus (NickB), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Not found the few recommends from here.
All the same we could have a thread on Strindberg on its own. Love him. Picked up Defense of a Madman this year and its great - direct, unhinged, bitter, this boiling river of prose.
Want to pick up a collection called Getting Married next.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 22:41 (seven years ago) link
His novel 'The People of Hemsö' is surprisingly upbeat (for Strindberg) and sunny
― I hear from this arsehole again, he's going in the river (James Morrison), Tuesday, 22 November 2016 22:56 (seven years ago) link
Yes also published by Norvik who have several titles by Strindberg.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 23 November 2016 23:33 (seven years ago) link
Only prose Strindberg I read was "Small Cathecism for the Underclass", which suggests that, much as the underclass is oppressed by the upper class, so are men oppressed by women.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 24 November 2016 14:40 (seven years ago) link
Dario Fo (of fame bcz of this play/his Nobel: https://libcom.org/article/accidental-death-anarchist-dario-fo) had a novel translated and published a while back.
https://www.europaeditions.com/book/9781609452742/the-pope-s-daughter
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 5 December 2022 14:59 (one year ago) link
I remember the novella "Alone" being quite gentle and touching (for Strindberg).
― Gulf VAR Syndrome (Tom D.), Monday, 5 December 2022 18:35 (one year ago) link
His paintings were pretty good too.
― Gulf VAR Syndrome (Tom D.), Monday, 5 December 2022 18:37 (one year ago) link