From his home in the Alps, he proceeded to liaise with the collection's curator, Tom Overton, sorting each item and recounting the wild stories behind them. Berger – who spent much of his career in passionate conversation with the past – probably knew that better than anyone.
From his home in the Alps, he proceeded to liaise with the collection's curator, Tom Overton, sorting each item and recounting the wild stories behind them.
Berger – who spent much of his career in passionate conversation with the past – probably knew that better than anyone.
Berger typically described himself as a storyteller, an elastic job title which allowed him to swing between fiction and poetry, essays and screenplays.
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From his home in the Alps, he proceeded to liaise with the collection's curator, Tom Overton, sorting each item and recounting the wild stories behind them. Berger – who spent much of his career in passionate conversation with the past – probably knew that better than anyone. Berger typically described himself as a storyteller, an elastic job title which allowed him to swing between fiction and poetry, essays and screenplays.
This multi-layered portrait is a fitting tribute to the man behind Ways of Seeing The cultural critic John Berger was still alive and kicking when he donated his literary archive – heaped boxes of letters and notepads, sketches and scripts – to the British Library in 2009. Berger's biography, though, the critic insisted that he wait a few years. Death changes the relationship between the writer and his subject.
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