Confabulations (Paperback)
John Berger (author)
£10.99
Paperback
160 Pages
Published: 06/10/2016
Published: 06/10/2016
'Language is a body, a living creature ... and this creature's home is the inarticulate as well as the articulate'. John Berger's work has revolutionized the way we understand visual language. In this new book he writes about language itself, and how it relates to thought, art, song, storytelling and political discourse today. Also containing Berger's own drawings, notes, memories and reflections on everything from Albert Camus to global capitalism, Confabulations takes us to what is 'true, essential and urgent'.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141984957
Number of pages: 160
Weight: 206 g
Dimensions: 181 x 112 x 12 mm
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His writing ... has changed the way many of us see the world ... Berger has that rare and wonderful gift of being able to make complex thoughts simple -- Kate Kellaway * Observer *
John Berger teaches us how to think, how to feel, how to stare at things till we see what we thought wasn't there. But above all he teaches us how to love in the face of adversity. He is a master -- Arundhati Roy
One of the greatest thinkers in postwar Britain * Guardian *
He handles thoughts the way an artist handles paint -- Jeanette Winterson
Berger is terrific ... Brilliant * Scotsman *
John Berger teaches us how to think, how to feel, how to stare at things till we see what we thought wasn't there. But above all he teaches us how to love in the face of adversity. He is a master -- Arundhati Roy
One of the greatest thinkers in postwar Britain * Guardian *
He handles thoughts the way an artist handles paint -- Jeanette Winterson
Berger is terrific ... Brilliant * Scotsman *
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“A box (book) full of a variety of gemstones”
This is my first John Berger. “Confabulations” (from the Latin fabula, which means conversation, story) is such a small volume full of paintings and notes on language, writing, art, music, dance, stars, friendship,... More
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