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23%OFFJohn Berger - Fortunate Man - 9781782115038 - V9781782115038
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Fortunate Man

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Description for Fortunate Man Paperback. Berger's exploration of what it means to heal, now inducted into the Canons series nearly fifty years after its first publication Series: Canons. Num Pages: 176 pages, numerous b&w integrated photos. BIC Classification: BGA; MBDP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
In 1966 John Berger spent three months in the Forest of Dean shadowing an English country GP, John Sassall. Sassall is a fortunate man - his work occupies and fulfils him, he lives amongst the patients he treats, the line between his life and his work is happily blurred. In A Fortunate Man, Berger's text and the photography of Jean Mohr reveal with extraordinary intensity the life of a remarkable man. It is a portrait of one selfless individual and the rural community for which he became the hub. Drawing on psychology, biography and medicine A Fortunate ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Canongate Canons
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Canons
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782115038
SKU
V9781782115038
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99-99

About John Berger
John Berger was born in London in 1926. His seminal Ways of Seeing was one of the most influential books on art in the 20th century. His many books, innovative in form and far-reaching in their historical and political insight, include To the Wedding, King, and the Booker Prize-winning novel, G. He lived and worked in a small village in ... Read more

Reviews for Fortunate Man
In 1967 A Fortunate Man marked the most significant step forward in the collaboration of a writer and photographer since Let us Now Praise Famous Men by Walker Evans and James Agee. Incredibly, it still does . . . A masterpiece
GEOFF DYER It's one of my favourite books in the world, an ongoing inspiration as to how books ... Read more

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