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 intolerantIt 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 spaceIt 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)
| Format |
Inbunden |
| Omfång |
72 sidor |
| Språk |
Engelska |
| Förlag |
Notting Hill Editions |
| Utgivningsdatum |
2017-03-21 |
| ISBN |
9781910749470 |
