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Smoke
John Berger - Illustrated by Selcuk Demirel
- Notting Hill Editions (Durnell)
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Publisher | Notting Hill Editions (Durnell) |
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ISBN | 9781910749470 |
Publication date | March 2017 |
Edition | Hardback |
Dimensions | 189 x 119 mm |
Illustrations | 45 col.ill. |
Pages | 74 |
Language(s) | Eng. ed. |
Description
A pictoral essay by the great art critic, novelist and long-time smoker, John Berger, and Turkish writer and illustrator Selcuk 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.
Smoke