Smoke by Berger, John

Smoke (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781910749470)

Vendor: John Berger
Product type: Books
Format: Hardcover
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Smoke by Berger, John

Smoke

$18.95
Smoke by Berger, John

Smoke

$18.95
Format: Hardcover
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A pictoral essay by the great art critic, novelist and long-time smoker, John Berger, and Turkish writer and illustrator Sel輹k Demirel.

"Once upon a time, men, women and (secretly) children smoked."

This charming illustrated work reflects on the cultural implications of smoking, and suggests, through a series of brilliantly inventive illustrations, that society's attitude to smoke is both paradoxical and intolerant. It portrays a world in which smokers, banished from public places, must encounter one another as outlaws. Meanwhile, car exhausts and factory chimneys continue to pollute the atmosphere. Smoke is a beautifully illustrated prose poem that lingers in the mind.

"A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue." - John Berger (in interview)

Author: John Berger
ISBN-10: 1910749478
ISBN-13: 9781910749470
Publisher: Notting Hill Editions
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2018
Pages: 72
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.70w x 0.50d
By John Berger
By John Berger
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John Berger (1926-2017), storyteller, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, was one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include Ways of Seeing (1972), the Booker prize-winning novel G (1972), Here is Where We Meet (2005), From A to X (2008), Cataract (with Sel輹k Demirel) (2012) and most recently Confabulations (2016). He died in January 2017.

Sel輹k Demirel was born in Artvin, Turkey, in 1954. He trained as an architect and moved to Paris in 1978, where he still lives. His illustrations and books have appeared in many prominent European and American publications. Demirel's work ranges from book illustrations, magazine covers, children's books, and from postcards to posters.

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