Quotes from August Strindberg's books, and about them
Cogwheels on Legend: “On the second floor of Maruzen I found Strindberg's Legend on a shelf and read a few pages here and there. It described experiences not much different from my own. [auto-translated]”
Words of a Pygmy on Legend: “In his Legend, Strindberg describes an experiment to find out whether death is painful. But such an experiment cannot be done in play. [auto-translated]”
A Fool's Life on The Confession of a Fool: “Under a low lamp he began to read The Confession of a Fool, but before he had read two pages he was smiling wryly: Strindberg too, in letters to the countess who was his mistress, had written things little different from his own. [auto-translated]”