The Shape of a Pocket (Paperback, New edition)

John Berger can communicate more in one sentence, with astounding clarity and depth, than many writers are capable of in an entire book. These essays on art, typical of Berger's writing, read as a hybrid of elegant prose, philosophic wisdom and insightful observation. Berger uses a variety of subjects for his purpose: dogs, Michelangelo, a hermetic woman obsessed with drawing galactic space and Palaeolithic cave painters amongst others, linked by the process of creating art. The 'pocket' in the title is 'a small pocket of resistance... formed when two or more people come together in agreement. The resistance is against the inhumanity of the new world economic order'. Berger writes about the wrong paths the world is taking, and reaches the universal emotions buried underneath the illusions and delusions of modernity. He explains why we paint things and why certain works of art touch us the way they do, whether they are centuries old or produced yesterday, using fictional and historical accounts as examples. He describes artists not as creators but as receivers. When an artist presents an image that touches us, what we recognize within it and what the artist has captured is more than just favourable coincidence: 'we catch sight of another invisible order which intersects with ours and has nothing to do with it'. Berger explains how appearances are now volatile, using television as an example; how Necessity is the enigma of existence, and how it no longer exists because experience is no longer communicated, only watched via a wide range of media. Berger has written a poetic page-turner about ideas which a lesser writer would have struggled even to turn into readable prose. A mind-expanding book. (Kirkus UK)

The pocket in question is a small pocket of resistance. A pocket is formed when two or more people come together in agreement. The resistance is against the inhumanity of the new world economic order.

General

Imprint:	Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 2002
Authors:	John Berger
Dimensions:	196 x 128 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format / B-format
Pages:	264
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7475-5810-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic systems > General
LSN:	0-7475-5810-8
Barcode:	9780747558101

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