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John Berger (Reaktion Books - Critical Lives)
Andy Merrifield
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Description for John Berger (Reaktion Books - Critical Lives)
Paperback. In John Berger, a concise yet detailed study of Berger's life and work, Andy Merrifield sheds light on Berger the man, the artist, and the concerned citizen. Merrifield creates a reader-friendly, freewheeling narrative, which gives fascinating insight into one of the most influential thinkers of our times. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGF; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
With a career in literature and art spanning more than sixty years, John Berger is characterized by an independent and anti-institutional approach to creativity. Working in a range of media including novels, painting, essays and scriptwriting, Berger's voice has resounded through mainstream and alternative culture alike. He is perhaps best known for his seminal book of art criticism Ways of Seeing, published in 1972. Tied directly into a four-part BBC television series, the book presented a radical new interpretation of Western cultural aesthetics. In the same year, Berger's experimental novel G. was awarded the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, cementing ... Read more
With a career in literature and art spanning more than sixty years, John Berger is characterized by an independent and anti-institutional approach to creativity. Working in a range of media including novels, painting, essays and scriptwriting, Berger's voice has resounded through mainstream and alternative culture alike. He is perhaps best known for his seminal book of art criticism Ways of Seeing, published in 1972. Tied directly into a four-part BBC television series, the book presented a radical new interpretation of Western cultural aesthetics. In the same year, Berger's experimental novel G. was awarded the Man Booker Prize for Fiction, cementing ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Critical Lives
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861899040
SKU
V9781861899040
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Ref
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About Andy Merrifield
Andy Merrifield is an independent scholar and author of Guy Debord (Reaktion Books, 2005), The Wisdom of Donkeys (2008) and Magical Marxism (2011).
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