Keeping a Rendezvous - Couverture souple

Berger, John

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140140395 ISBN 13 : 9780140140392

Editeur : Penguin Books / Granta, 1993

Synopsis

By the author of "Into Their Labours", this book consists of 21 appointments, rendezvous, moments of insights in which, whatever the occasion, something else is discovered - something about time or about morality but mainly about the wonder of things, the mystery of God, the mystery of infinity.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

When he stands before Giorgione's La Tempesta, Booker Prize-winning author John Berger sees not only the painting but our whole notion of time, sweeping us away from a lost Eden. A photograph of a gravely joyful crowd gathered on a Prague street in November 1989 provokes reflection on the meaning of democracy and the reunion of a people with long-banished hopes and dreams.

With the luminous essays in Keeping a Rendezvous, we are given to see the world as Berger sees it -- to explore themes suggested by the work of Jackson Pollock or J. M. W. Turner, to contemplate the wonder of Paris. Rendezvous are manifold: between critic and art, artist and subject, subject and the unknown. But most significant are the rendezvous between author and reader, as we discover our perceptions informed by Berger's eloquence and courageous moral imagination.

Présentation de l'éditeur

When he stands before Giorgione's La Tempesta, John Berger sees not only the painting but our whole notion of time, sweeping us away from a lost Eden. A photograph of a gravely joyful crowd gathered on a Prague street in November 1989 provokes reflection on the meaning of democracy and the reunion of a people with long-banished hopes and dreams.

With the luminous essays in Keeping a Rendezvous, we are given to see the world as Berger sees it -- to explore themes suggested by the work of Jackson Pollock or J. M. W. Turner, to contemplate the wonder of Paris. Rendezvous are manifold: between critic and art, artist and subject, subject and the unknown. But most significant are the rendezvous between author and reader, as we discover our perceptions informed by John Berger's eloquence and courageous moral imagination.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books / Granta
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140140395
• ISBN 13: 9780140140392
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible