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Photocopies

Encounters

Berger, John

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Product Description

Berger presents a collection of moments, each supremely vivid, that together make up a frieze of human history at the end of the millennium as well as a subtle and affecting self-portrait of their author. Using careful, intensely visual prose snapping frozen vignettes of life, these twenty-nine "photocopies" teach us about lying and self-invention, dignity and tenderness, charity and courage. Overflowing with the sights, sounds, and smells of life, Photocopies is a masterpiece from one of the most important chroniclers of our time.

Product Details

Media: Paperback Book, 192 pages
Publisher: Vintage Books USA (Mar. 31st, 1998)
ISBN-10: 0679755179
ISBN-13: 9780679755173
Dimensions: 5.16 x 7.98 x 0.55 inches
Shipping Weight: 0.44 lbs

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5 out of 5

by lee lee from West Roxbury, MA | Jun 6, 2008

i do not own a copy of this book, but i surely wish i did. a friend gave me a copy of two chapters from it and i was immediately in love. i use the essay called "Street Theatre" to illustrate how focusing on the details in your writing is a way of combating any anxiety you might be feeling about the theme of your writing (for instance: a loved one dying). this is one of those hypothesis that i kind of made up and, yet, the more i think about it, the more i really believe that it's true. either that, or i'm really good at bullshitting. try it out: instead of writing about something very difficult, just list out the details you might include in your writing. now write about it, focusing on the details. and let me know if it helps/works. of course, first you must read John Berger. just to see how it's done.
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by Kelly from Brooklyn, NY | Jul 26, 2007

It seemed he developed a very clear pattern for all of these stories and did not really try and get away from that. it would be a good story then he'd come at you with a "wow" moment at the end. some really great stories are in this book while others were just okay. john berger is a very intellegent man and i enjoy the way he sees things, the way you can see how he might. gifts are important throughout the book as he tries to seize each moment away from forgetting.
3 out of 5

by Ben from The United States | Jul 26, 2009

From Booker Prize winner John Berger, a set of vignettes in a form and content that is not quite fiction or nonfiction. Berger is a visual art critic (see Ways of Seeing) and the photographs included in the collection act as "triggering subject" for the short prose pieces.
4 out of 5

by Jgilon41 from New York, NY | Nov 26, 2007

Fun quick postcards
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by Faruk from Istanbul, 34, Turkey | May 30, 2010

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