A Seventh Man by John Berger
Why does the Western world look to migrant laborers to perform the most menial tasks? What compels people to leave their homes and accept this humiliating situation? In A Seventh Man, John Berger and Jean Mohr come to grips with what it is to be a migrant worker-the material circumstances and the inner experience-and, in doing so, reveal how the migrant is not so much on the margins of modern life, but absolutely central to it. First published in 1975, this finely wrought exploration remains as urgent as ever, presenting a mode of living that pervades the countries of the West and yet is excluded from much of its culture.
I admire and love John Berger's booksHe writes about what is important, not just interesting-in contemporary English letters, he seems to be peerless; 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
This book is ever more timely. -- Geoff Dyer
His most remarkable book * Economist *
This book is ever more timely. -- Geoff Dyer
His most remarkable book * Economist *
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-longlisted From A to X, and A Seventh Man.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844676491 |
| ISBN 10 | 1844676498 |
| Title | A Seventh Man |
| Author | John Berger |
| Series | Essential John Berger Ser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Verso Books |
| Year published | 2010-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 248 |
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