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| The Shape of a Pocket | 
| Author: John Berger
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 356022
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0375718885
Dewey Decimal Number: 701
EAN: 9780375718885
ASIN: 0375718885
Publication Date: March 11, 2003
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The pocket in question is a small pocket of resistance. A pocket is formed when two or more people come together in agreement. The resistance is against the inhumanity of the New World Economic Order. The people coming together are the reader, me, and those the essays are about–Rembrandt, Paleolithic cave painters, a Romanian peasant, ancient Egyptians, an expert in the loneliness of a certain hotel bedroom, dogs at dusk, a man in a radio station. And unexpectedly, our exchanges strengthen each of us in our conviction that what is happening in the world today is wrong, and that what is often said about it is a lie. I’ve never written a book with a greater sense of urgency.
–John Berger
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Fascinating... April 1, 2008
David Mamet wrote "Three Uses of a Knife: The Nature and Purpose of Drama." This Book should be called "The shape of a Pocket: The Nature and Purpose of Art." Because they are dialogues, or letters, written to artists who are long gone, these essays have far more weight than a simple analysis of Van Gogh or Yves Klein. I would say that the one problem, if there were to be a problem, would be Berger's emotional investment. Some of the essays get lost in admiration - causing the reader to question why the essay was written in the first place - But overall, this is a riveting collection, and a must for anyone interested in contemporary art and its societal role.
For a class December 12, 2007
I ordered this book for an essay writing class, and I was worried it wasn't going to come in time but it did, in fact before I expected it to. The book itself is pretty good, but you have to be prepared for Berger's writing style.
 shape of a pocket September 22, 2005
This book is prose, poetry and the most personal, intelegent and non linear art writing I have read so far- I also recommend John Berger's Sense of Sight.
Berger ! March 6, 2003
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have read all his books and keep wishing for more....
Pockets of Thoughts March 6, 2003
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
John Berger small pocket of resistance against the inhumanity of the new world economic order(whatever that is)is a beautiful book of great essays on Rembrant, Palaeolithic cave painters, Leon Kossoff, Michelangelo, Brancusi, Giogio Morandi, Frida Kahlo and a whole lot more.
Very well done and I enjoyed very much.
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