{"product_id":"smoke-john-berger-9781910749470","title":"Smoke","description":"\u003cb\u003eA pictoral essay by the great art critic, novelist and long-time smoker, John Berger, and Turkish writer and illustrator Sel輹k Demirel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Once upon a time, men, women and (secretly) children smoked.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 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. \u003ci\u003eSmoke\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully illustrated prose poem that lingers in the mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Berger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1910749478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910749470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Notting Hill Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.70w x 0.50d","brand":"John Berger","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43937422115071,"sku":"9781910749470","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_4a06fe0e-c44a-4a08-a434-258568a9757b.jpg?v=1681429969","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/smoke-john-berger-9781910749470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}