Monologue

Stranger Monologue from To Damascus

From To Damascus by August Strindberg

male · anguished · 45 sec

No. But in order to write it, I had to link myself with the self of another, who could take everything from me that fettered my soul. So that my spirit could once more find a fiery blast, on which to mount to the ether, elude the Powers, and reach the Throne, in order to lay the lamentations of mankind at the feet of the Eternal One.... Who's here? Who is the Terrible One who follows me and cripples my thoughts? Did you see no one?

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