A short tale about one of Jack the Ripper's earliest childhood memories
A story in which Bergman portrays Jack the Ripper as being vulnerable, rebellious and self-destructive.
About the text
This story is a shortened version of the unpublished On Why the Gangster Writes Poetry.
"En kortare berättelse om ett av Jack Uppskärarens tidigaste barndomsminnen", 40-tal, No. 3, 1944.
Translated to French as, "Un souvenir d'enfance de Jack l'éventreur" in Cinéma 59, No. 34, March 1959.