Booker wining novelist, playwright, essayist, poet and critic - even admirers rarely know John Berger in all his literary incarnations. This collection of essays will, for the first time, take a definitive look at his extraordinary career. Far from being footnotes to the main body of work Berger's essays are absolutely central to it. Many of the ideas of the groundbreaking Ways of Seeing were presented first in essays published in New Society. Polemical, reflective, radically original, Berger's wide-ranging essays emphasise the continuities that have underpinned more than 40 years of tireless intellectual inquiry and political engagement. Viewed chronologically they add up, in fact, to a kind of vicarious autobiography and a history of our time as refracted through the prism of art. Edited by Geoff Dyer, and published on the occasion of his 75th birthday, this is an essential collection by one of the world's greatest writers.

Will become the one reference point for anyone interested in Berger's work For the Berger fan - this will include many essays that are now out of print and Berger's Booker Prize winning speech With a superb introduction by Geoff Dyer that contextualises and unifies Berger's vast and varied writings over the years

About the Author
John Berger was born in London and now lives in a small village in the French Alps. Most recently he has written the novels To the Wedding and King. 20E Bassett Rd, London W10 6JJ


Book Information
ISBN 9780747554196
Author John Berger
Format Paperback
Page Count 608
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 895g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 153mm * 45mm