John Berger

And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief As Photos

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'Those who read or listen to our stories see everything as though through a lens. This lens is the secret of narration, and it is ground anew in every story, ground between the temporal and the timeless… In our brief mortal lives, we are grinders of these lenses'.
When John Berger wrote this apparently unclassifiable book, it was to become a sensation, translated into nine languages and indelible from the minds of those who read it. This stunning work is a shoebox filled with delicate love letters containing poetry and thoughts on mortality, art, love and absence, capturing moments in time that hover above Berger's surprising landscapes. From his lyrical description of the works of Caravaggio and profound explorations of death and immigration to the sight of some lilac at dusk in the mountains, this is a beautiful and most intimate response to the world around us.
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87 printed pages
Publication year
2014
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Quotes

  • Anindya Khas quoted6 years ago
    Poems, even when narrative, do not resemble stories. All stories are about battles, of one kind or another, which end in victory and defeat.
  • Alejandra Espinohas quoted2 years ago
    The way that it appeared and disappeared gave it the mysterious intimacy of a household god. I have always thought that household gods were animals. Sometimes visible and sometimes invisible, but always present
  • Cristina Salazarhas quoted6 years ago
    Thus in man two times coexist, corresponding with these two events. T

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