The Inferno
by August Strindberg
184 pages~3 hrs
“To find the light, he must first survive the inferno of his own mind.”
August Strindberg invites you into his personal hell, where the line between reality and madness dissolves into a fever dream of occultism and paranoia. Witness a genius unravel as he battles invisible enemies and seeks a divine escape from his own psychological ruin.
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