Fair Haven and Foul Strand

audiobook

Fair Haven and Foul Strand

by August Strindberg

EN·~4 hours

Chapters

Description

In this quietly unsettling tale we follow a middle‑aged quarantine doctor whose life has been shaped by a harsh upbringing in a mining town. His memories of a volatile mother and a distant father have left him perpetually on guard, turning ordinary friendships into uneasy alliances. As he moves from military service to a solitary post on a remote island, his dry humor and relentless skepticism color every encounter with patients, pilots, and officials.

The narrative weaves three interlocking stories that reveal his methodical mind and the moral ambiguities of his work. Early episodes show his struggle to fit into a world that seems to reserve belonging for others, while his later assignments in a remote quarantine station bring him face‑to‑face with the fragile balance between health, authority, and isolation. Listeners are invited into a portrait of a man who, despite his brusque exterior, quietly searches for a sense of place in a world that has long kept him at arm’s length.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (277K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Marc D'Hooghe (From images generously made available by the Internet Archive.)

Release date

2013-11-08

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

August Strindberg

August Strindberg

1849–1912

A restless, fiercely original writer, this Swedish author helped reshape modern drama with psychologically intense plays and fearless self-examination. His work moves from sharp realism to dreamlike experimentation, and it still feels startlingly alive.

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