| The Shape of a Pocket Contributor(s): Berger, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375718885 ISBN-13: 9780375718885 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2003 Annotation: The pocket in question is a small pocket of resistance. A pocket is formed when two or more people come together in agreement. The resistance is against the inhumanity of the New World Economic Order. The people coming together are the reader, me, and those the essays are about-Rembrandt, Paleolithic cave painters, a Romanian peasant, ancient Egyptians, an expert in the loneliness of a certain hotel bedroom, dogs at dusk, a man in a radio station. And unexpectedly, our exchanges strengthen each of us in our conviction that what is happening in the world today is wrong, and that what is often said about it is a lie. I've never written a book with a greater sense of urgency. -John Berger |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Criticism & Theory - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 701.180 |
| Series: Vintage International |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 5.2" W x 8.14" (0.55 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: From Booker Prize-winning author John Berger, a collection of essays that explores the relationship of art and artists and includes examinations of the work of Brancusi, Degas, Michelangelo, and Frida Kahlo, among others. The pocket in question is a small pocket of resistance. A pocket is formed when two or more people come together in agreement. The resistance is against the inhumanity of the New World Economic Order. The people coming together are the reader, me, and those the essays are about-Rembrandt, Paleolithic cave painters, a Romanian peasant, ancient Egyptians, an expert in the loneliness of a certain hotel bedroom, dogs at dusk, a man in a radio station. And unexpectedly, our exchanges strengthen each of us in our conviction that what is happening in the world today is wrong, and that what is often said about it is a lie. I've never written a book with a greater sense of urgency. -John Berger |