Private Confessions
Will be published approx. on 8. November 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
144 pages
978-1-78487-391-2 (ISBN)
Description
The final novel in world renowned film-maker, Ingmar Bergman's trilogy of novels plotting the fractious marriage of his parents
Twelve years of marriage, three children, a husband, Henrik, with whom she no longer finds anything in common: Anna is at the end of her tether. Besides, she's in love - with Henrik's friend Tomas, a student-priest, who is everything her husband is not.
Based upon film-maker, Ingmar Bergman's own family life, Personal Confessions is the final part in Bergman's loose trilogy of books that started with The Best Intentions and Sunday's Children.
Twelve years of marriage, three children, a husband, Henrik, with whom she no longer finds anything in common: Anna is at the end of her tether. Besides, she's in love - with Henrik's friend Tomas, a student-priest, who is everything her husband is not.
Based upon film-maker, Ingmar Bergman's own family life, Personal Confessions is the final part in Bergman's loose trilogy of books that started with The Best Intentions and Sunday's Children.
Reviews / Votes
As psychologically intricate and harshly personal as his movies * San Francisco Chronicle * One senses that this dark gem of a novel, set in resonant prose as elegant as a classical sonata, is a catharsis for Bergman * Publishers Weekly * Presented with a stark clarity that's reminiscent of some of the most memorable images of Bergman's films... A vibrant and moving addition to what begins to look more and more like a great work in progress * Kirkus Reviews *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Vintage Publishing
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
106 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78487-391-2 (9781784873912)
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Person
Ingmar Bergman was born in Uppsala, Sweden in 1918. He wrote or directed more than 170 theatrical productions and 60 films, including The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona and Fanny and Alexander, and he is widely-regarded as one of the greatest film-makers of the 20th century. Bergman's trilogy of books - The Best Intentions, Sunday's Children, and Private Confessions - is based on the life of his parents, and details his own upbringing in early 20th-century Sweden. Bergman died in 2007.