The Shape of a Pocket by John Berger

27Nov2023

SPL book club's seventh selection in a yearlong reading journey through art and art history

From 6.30 pm until 7.30 pm

SPL book club readers can join discussions either via Zoom or in person at the library. Register below to receive the Zoom link. 

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.

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