Smoke
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Popular Culture, Fiction & Literature, Essays & Letters, Essays, Entertainment, Humour & Comedy, General Humour
| Author: | John Berger | ISBN: | 9781910749487 |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books | Publication: | May 8, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Notting Hill Editions | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Berger |
| ISBN: | 9781910749487 |
| Publisher: | New York Review Books |
| Publication: | May 8, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Notting Hill Editions |
| Language: | English |
A pictoral essay by the great art critic, novelist and long-time smoker, John Berger, and Turkish writer and illustrator Selçuk Demirel.
"Once upon a time, men, women and (secretly) children smoked."
This charming illustrated work reflects on the cultural implications of smoking, and suggests, through a series of brilliantly inventive illustrations, that society's attitude to smoke is both paradoxical and intolerant. It portrays a world in which smokers, banished from public places, must encounter one another as outlaws. Meanwhile, car exhausts and factory chimneys continue to pollute the atmosphere. Smoke is a beautifully illustrated prose poem that lingers in the mind.
"A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue." - John Berger (in interview)
A pictoral essay by the great art critic, novelist and long-time smoker, John Berger, and Turkish writer and illustrator Selçuk Demirel.
"Once upon a time, men, women and (secretly) children smoked."
This charming illustrated work reflects on the cultural implications of smoking, and suggests, through a series of brilliantly inventive illustrations, that society's attitude to smoke is both paradoxical and intolerant. It portrays a world in which smokers, banished from public places, must encounter one another as outlaws. Meanwhile, car exhausts and factory chimneys continue to pollute the atmosphere. Smoke is a beautifully illustrated prose poem that lingers in the mind.
"A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue." - John Berger (in interview)
