The Underground Sea

Berger's commitment to the mining communities was more than emotional, it was visceral * * New Statesman * * A timely collection with still-striking thoughts * * Irish Times * * A profound tribute to working-class struggles . . . The words are invariably sage, the language noble yet pointedly accessible, descriptions of intense poverty and extraordinarily dangerous work are powerful * * Buzz Magazine * * Praise for John Berger: 'John Berger seems to me peerless -- SUSAN SONTAG John Berger has made the world a better place to live in. I do not say this lightly -- ARUNDHATI ROY A few minutes with Berger and a better world, a better outcome, wasn't fantasy or imaginary, it was impetus - possible, feasible, urgent and clear . . . Berger's genius is its own fertile continuum - radical, brilliant, gentle, uncompromising -- ALI SMITH Few people have possessed such clarity, nor yoked it to such persistently generous political ends -- OLIVIA LAING The writer I admired above all others . . . Whatever their form or subject [Berger's] books are jam-packed with observations so precise and delicate that they double as ideas - and vice versa -- GEOFF DYER 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 An ongoing inspiration as to how books should be written (and photography used) -- ALAIN de BOTTON