AUGUST STRINDBERG

THE ROAD TO DAMASCUS

A TRILOGY

ENGLISH VERSION BY GRAHAM RAWSON

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GUNNAR OLLEN

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
PART ONE
PART TWO
PART THREE



INTRODUCTION

Strindberg's great trilogy _The Road to Damascus_ presents many
mysteries to the uninitiated. Its peculiar changes of mood, its
gallery of half unreal characters, its bizarre episodes combine to
make it a bewilderingly rich but rather 'difficult' work. It cannot
be recommended to the lover of light drama or the seeker of
momentary distraction. _The Road to Damascus_ does not deal with
the superficial strata of human life, but probes into those depths
where the problems of God, and death, and eternity become
terrifying realities.