Taklagsöl di August Strindberg e En kakelsättarens eftermiddag. Edifici in costruzione e identità in decostruzione

This contribution aims to highlight the connections between architecture and psyche in Taklagsöl by August Strindberg and in En kakelsättares eftermiddag by Lars Gustafsson, an author who always has the Strindbergian lesson in mind. Strindberg’s interiors open up onto near and distant perspectives, such as Taklagsöl’s curator’s bedroom, which projects outside, onto a mysterious building under construction. It represents a mythical and timeless dimension, while the protagonist’s identity falls apart in a half-sleep full of hallucinations. The tiler in En kakelsättares eftermiddag by Gustafsson brings building materials into an empty house, where mysterious presences hover, without knowing who he is working for. As in Strindberg, Gustafsson’s building is fragile and lets hypnotic flows pass through its walls.