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A Jar of Wild Flowers

Essays in Celebration of John Berger

Yasmin Gunaratnam Amarjit Chandan Jean Mohr Sally Potter

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English
Bloomsbury Visual Arts
13 July 2023
‘John Berger has made the world a better place to live in. These essays tell us how he succeeded in that task.’ Arundhati Roy

In this collection of essays on the work of, and conversations with, John Berger, thirty-seven of his friends, artistic collaborators and followers come together to form the first truly international and cross-cultural celebration of his interventions.

Berger has for decades, through his poetic humanism, brought together geographically, historically and socially disparate subjects. His work continues to throw out lifelines across genres, times and types of experience, opening up radical questions about the meaning of belonging and of community. In keeping with this spirit and in celebration of Berger, the short essays in A Jar of Wild Flowers challenge us all to take the brave step from limited sympathy to extended generosity.

With contributions from Ali Smith, Julie Christie, Sally Potter, Ram Rahman, Jean Mohr, Nick Thorpe, Hsiao-Hung Pai and many others.

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Imprint:   Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm, 
Weight:   386g
ISBN:   9781350429253
ISBN 10:   1350429252
Pages:   416
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Foreword - Jean Mohr Preface - Amarjit Chandan Introduction - Yasmin Gunaratnam The Colour of the Cosmos Graphite - Hans Jürgen Balmes Hay - Rema Hammami and John Berger Fire - Kathryn Yusoff Milk - Ana Amália Alves Blood - Gavin Francis Forest - Nikos Papastergiadis Toast - Michael Broughton Oil -Tessa McWatt The Trees are in Their Place Fences - Nick Thorpe Method - Iain Chambers Life - Glenn Jordon Meetings - Nirmal Puwar Pain - Francisco-J. Hernández Adrián Secrets - Hsiao-Hung Pai Once through a Lens Memory - Heather Vrana Stars - Vikki Bell Conscience - Ram Rahman Performance - Doa Aly A Mirror - Rashmi Duraiswamy Undefeated Despair Trauma - Alicia Salomone Jest - Salima Hashmi Hate - Mustafa Dikeç Hope - Malathi de Alwis Spirit - Tania Tamari Nasir Propaganda - Rochelle Simmons Here is Where We Meet Notes - Amarjit Chandan Verbs - Ali Smith Play - N. Rajyalakshmi interviews Pushpamala N. Tenderness - Christina Linardaki Love - Julie Christie Courage - Yahia Yakhlef Solidarity - Ambalavaner Sivanandan Tennis - John Christie Afterword - Sally Potter

Yasmin Gunaratnam teaches in sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London. Her latest book is Death and the Migrant: Bodies, Borders, Care (2013).

Reviews for A Jar of Wild Flowers: Essays in Celebration of John Berger

A lively collection of celebration and gratitude. * Publishers Weekly * An outstanding celebration of the commitment, compassion, and fierceness of John's generosity in his life and work. For decades, John has sought the heart of things and given strength. Come to this beautiful book for solidarity, for vision, and the affirmation that some voices are so true they must be heard. * Anne Michaels, poet and author of Fugitive Pieces * There are a few authors that can change the way you look at the world through their writing and John Berger is one of them. * Jarvis Cocker, musician and author of Mother, Brother, Lover: Selected Lyrics (2012) * The essays in this collection speak to the great range of John Berger's writing that so often reveals a crucial and often unspoken history of our times. * Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient * Like John Berger himself: remarkable in every sense. This collection is expansive, intimate, sensuous, poetic, and political. A book that enriches the soul. * Suad Amiry, author of Sharon and My Mother-in-Law * John Berger has made the world a better place to live in. I do not say this lightly. These essays tell us how he succeeded in that task. * Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things *


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