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A Load of Shit

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by John Berger
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Availability:In StockContributor:John BergerSeries:Eris GemsPublish date:2024-09-24Pages:12
Language:EnglishPublisher:ErisISBN-13:9781912475414ISBN-10:1912475413UPC:9781912475414Book Category:Literary Collections, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:EssaysSize:7.30 x 0.10 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.0507Product ID:SC5WSBB3DB

"What makes shit such a universal joke is that it's an unmistakable reminder of our duality, of our soiled nature and of our will to glory. It is the ultimate lèse-majesté".

John Berger's essay begins by describing the experience of burying a year's worth of his household's excrement. What follows is an extended reflection--at once philosophically detached and profoundly engaged with the inescapable stuff of life--on shit as an emblem of what it means to be human: on our simultaneous kinship with and profound difference from all other animals.

Eris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.
Language:EnglishPublisher:ErisISBN-13:9781912475414ISBN-10:1912475413UPC:9781912475414Book Category:Literary Collections, PhilosophyBook Subcategory:EssaysSize:7.30 x 0.10 x 0.20 inchesWeight:0.0507Product ID:SC5WSBB3DB

John Berger (1926-2017) was an essayist and art historian renowned for his television documentary series (and book of the same title) Ways of Seeing. He was also a prolific novelist, and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1972.


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