A meditation, in words and images, on the practice of drawing, by the author of Ways of Seeing
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.
Inspiring, challenging and rewarding.
*Financial Times*
Characteristically sui generis.
*Guardian*
"Electric with thought and energy... Berger's words and images,
rendered serene by age and habit, provide an exhilarating and
unflinching account of global devastation and ordinary life."
*New Statesman*
"Displays his trademark lyrical precision."
*Scotsman, books of the year*
"The book coheres because Berger's is a humane and uniquely
confiding voice, and this voice is co-extensive with his skill as a
draftsman. The two attributes act in concert with Spinoza's
enigmatic philosophical propositions. All three constitute a
singular act of witness."
*New York Times*
"This beautifully produced book, illustrated with Berger's
drawings, is as much a meditation on the art of drawing as a
commentary on philosophy...Whether he is writing about art or about
the oppressed, Berger is a dab hand at what might be called
semi-mystical exegesis. His stories are often like fables, and his
explication - colourfully grounded but picaresque - is admirably
lucid."
*The Art Newspaper*
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