A Madman's Defense (Le plaidoyer d'un fou)
by Strindberg, August (Translated by Evert Sprinchorn)
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good+
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Good+. Anchor Books (A492b); 293pp; Covers age-toned, spine creased, one corner of front cover creased, slight forward slant, text unmarked, binding is sound, Good+ condition. Scarce, vintage Doubleday Anchor Original edition of the Swedish playwright's autobiographical novel. "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 work and his manhood, consorts with other men, and leaves him to live with a lesbian friend." Translated from the Swedish, with an introduction and notes by Evert Sprinchorn.
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- Title
- A Madman's Defense (Le plaidoyer d'un fou)
- Author
- Strindberg, August (Translated by Evert Sprinchorn)
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Anchor Books, Doubleday and Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- literature fiction madness
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