Landscapes by John Berger
A major new work from the world's leading writer on art
Berger is a masterful observer, a trait that lends his writing a profound element of artistry: these essays read like sketched studies of an as-yet-painted masterworkthese worldly essays are timeless, inspiring works of critical observation. * Kirkus *
John Berger teaches us how to think, how to feel how to stare at things until we see what we thought wasn't there. But above all, he teaches us how to love in the face of adversity. He is a master. -- Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things
I admire and love John Berger's books ... Not since Lawrence has there been a writer who offers such attentiveness to the sensual world with responsiveness to the imperatives of conscience. He is a wonderful artist and thinker. -- Susan Sontag
One of the most influential intellectuals of our time. -- Sean O'Hagan * Observer *
Berger is a writer one demands to know more about ... an intriguing and powerful mind and talent * New York Times *
Rich, with a broad, pluralistic approach and collaborative ethos * Art Newspaper *
Essential ... reminds us that all good writing comes only from good (that is, patient, attentive, loving) looking. -- Andrew Marr * New Statesman *
The second collection of Berger's art writing judiciously edited by Tom Overton -- John Douglas Millar * Frieze *
Life has more light and colour after an encounter with Berger * Art Newspaper *
Essential reading not just for our political moment but outside it. He was a monument, a world of his own; at the same time, his thinking and his art-which are the same thing-address themselves at once to the past, the present, and the future. * n+1 *
John Berger teaches us how to think, how to feel how to stare at things until we see what we thought wasn't there. But above all, he teaches us how to love in the face of adversity. He is a master. -- Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things
I admire and love John Berger's books ... Not since Lawrence has there been a writer who offers such attentiveness to the sensual world with responsiveness to the imperatives of conscience. He is a wonderful artist and thinker. -- Susan Sontag
One of the most influential intellectuals of our time. -- Sean O'Hagan * Observer *
Berger is a writer one demands to know more about ... an intriguing and powerful mind and talent * New York Times *
Rich, with a broad, pluralistic approach and collaborative ethos * Art Newspaper *
Essential ... reminds us that all good writing comes only from good (that is, patient, attentive, loving) looking. -- Andrew Marr * New Statesman *
The second collection of Berger's art writing judiciously edited by Tom Overton -- John Douglas Millar * Frieze *
Life has more light and colour after an encounter with Berger * Art Newspaper *
Essential reading not just for our political moment but outside it. He was a monument, a world of his own; at the same time, his thinking and his art-which are the same thing-address themselves at once to the past, the present, and the future. * n+1 *
Storyteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, John Berger is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include Ways of Seeing, the fiction trilogy Into Their Labours, Here Is Where We Meet, the Booker Prize winning novel G, Hold Everything Dear, the Man Booker-long-listed From A to X and A Seventh Man.
Tom Overton catalogued John Berger's archive at the British Library. He has curated exhibitions at King's Cultural Institute, Somerset House and the Whitechapel Gallery, and his writing has been published by the LRB blog, New Statesman, Apollo, White Review, Various Small Fires, Tate, the British Council and others.
Tom Overton catalogued John Berger's archive at the British Library. He has curated exhibitions at King's Cultural Institute, Somerset House and the Whitechapel Gallery, and his writing has been published by the LRB blog, New Statesman, Apollo, White Review, Various Small Fires, Tate, the British Council and others.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781784785840 |
| ISBN 10 | 1784785849 |
| Title | Landscapes |
| Author | John Berger |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2016-11-08 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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