August Strindberg: The Red Room, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Red Room
- Publisher:
- Lushena Books, 11/2025
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9798897188437
- Item number:
- 12557657
- Volume:
- 276 Pages
- Weight:
- 518 g
- Format:
- 216 x 140 mm
- Thickness:
- 18 mm
- Release date:
- 20.11.2025
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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| Buch, Gebunden, Englisch | EUR 52.04* |
Blurb
The Red Room by August Strindberg (published in 1879) is often regarded as the first modern Swedish novel. It follows Arvid Falk, a young idealist who leaves his secure government job to pursue truth and freedom as a journalist and writer. As he moves through various parts of Stockholm society-politics, business, art, and journalism-he becomes disillusioned by the widespread corruption, hypocrisy, and greed he encounters. The "Red Room," a café where intellectuals and artists gather to discuss ideas, symbolizes both hope and futility-the dream of reform that rarely becomes reality. The novel is a biting satire of bourgeois society, exposing its moral decay while exploring the struggles of individuals who seek honesty and justice in a corrupt world.
Biography
August Strindberg, geboren 1849 in Stockholm, starb 1912.