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Asa Eldh's book is distinguished by mature scholarship and exceptional sensitivity. It really transcends its subject by virtue of its attention to the poignant situation of an exile and the interpersonal relationships that fed his art. The author's Swedish background has given her unique access to Weiss's Swedish family as well as a special understanding of the soil in which many of his writings grew. ( Harry Zohn, Brandeis University) Asa Eldh's insightful and revealing study on Peter Weiss, one of the very few available in English, is based on careful biographical research and on an analysis of all the major published works. She has made a special effort to summarize and discuss the earlier Swedish works not yet translated into English and has included fascinating interviews and documentation about the author, his mother and other family members. This book is a valuable resource for students and scholars, in fact, it provides many moving and entertaining moments of general human interest to any reader of Peter Weiss. (Eberhard Frey, Brandeis University) ...you have crept under the skin of Peter. You have created a different picture of Peter. An important picture of the 'person' Peter. It is a new and different picture of Peter. The book has given me personally a more correct picture of Peter as a person, explained to me his relations to his parents. Many things that I had not known were clarified to me through your analysis. I have read all of Peter's works again since I received 'The Mother' and saw him in a different light and had a deeper understanding of his personality. (Irene Weiss - Eklund)

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