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.
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 * 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 * As psychologically intricate and harshly personal as his movies * San Francisco Chronicle *