A Seventh Man: A Book of Images and Words about the Experience of Migrant Workers in Europe
John Berger
(Author)
Jean Mohr
(Photographer)
Description
Why does the Western world look to migrant laborers to perform the most menial tasks? What compels people to leave their homes and accept this humiliating situation? In A Seventh Man, John Berger and Jean Mohr come to grips with what it is to be a migrant worker--the material circumstances and the inner experience--and, in doing so, reveal how the migrant is not so much on the margins of modern life, but absolutely central to it. First published in 1975, this finely wrought exploration remains as urgent as ever, presenting a mode of living that pervades the countries of the West and yet is excluded from much of its culture.Product Details
Price
$22.95
Publisher
Verso
Publish Date
October 18, 2010
Pages
248
Dimensions
5.0 X 7.6 X 0.9 inches | 0.6 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9781844676491
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About the Author
Storyteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, John Berger is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include Ways of Seeing, the fiction trilogy Into Their Labours, Here Is Where We Meet, the Booker Prize-winning novel G, Hold Everything Dear, the Man Booker-longlisted From A to X, and A Seventh Man. Jean Mohr's longstanding collaboration with John Berger has produced five books, including A Seventh Man and A Fortunate Man. Among his other works are After the Last Sky (with Edward Said) and Side by Side or Face to Face. He lives in Geneva, Switzerland.
Reviews
"I admire and love John Berger's books. He writes about what is important, not just interesting--in contemporary English letters, he seems to be peerless; not since Lawrence has there been a writer who offers such attentiveness to the sensual world with responsiveness to the imperatives of conscience. He is a wonderful artist and thinker."
--Susan Sontag "This book is ever more timely."
--Geoff Dyer "His most remarkable book."
--Economist
--Susan Sontag "This book is ever more timely."
--Geoff Dyer "His most remarkable book."
--Economist
