Confabulations - John Berger

Confabulations by John Berger / ISBN 9780141984957 / 160-page paperback, 4.35 x 7.1 inches / A nice little Penguin Classic edition (in the format of Munari's Design as Art)

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'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'.

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