Confabulations

Author: John Berger

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  • : $17.00 AUD
  • : 9780141984957
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
  • : Penguin Books, Limited
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  • : 0.204
  • : January 2016
  • : 229mm X 166mm X 12mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 16.99
  • : February 2017
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  • : Modern Classics
  • : Paperback
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  • : English
  • : 824.914
  • : 160
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Barcode 9780141984957
9780141984957

Description

'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'.

Reviews

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

Author description

John Peter Berger (born November 5th, 1926) is an art critic, painter and novelist. His acclaimed works of both fiction and non-fiction include the seminal Ways of Seeing and the novel G., which won the Booker Prize in 1972. He lives in Paris.