Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance - Hardcover

Berger, John

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9780375425097: Hold Everything Dear: Dispatches on Survival and Resistance

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ISBN 10: 0375425098 ISBN 13: 9780375425097

Publisher: Pantheon Books, 2007

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In a powerful and articulate new collection of essays, the author of To the Wedding attempts to make sense of the world in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, analyzing the nature of terrorism and the profound despair that lies at its roots, refugees around the world, and the role of the military, paramilitary, and corporations in such locales as Iraq, Bosnia, China, and Indonesia. 10,000 first printing.

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“I admire and love John Berger’s books ... 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

“Berger is a writer one demands to know more about ... an intriguing and powerful mind and talent.” New York Times

“Berger’s is a humane and uniquely confiding voice.” Teju Cole

“Powerful polemicist and precise poet.” Times

“Berger is never less than eloquent ... a heartfelt advocate of those without hope.” Metro
“Any book by John Berger is an event ... admirers will recognise the characteristic blend of sympathy and lucidity, directness of address, human warmth, and cosmopolitan example.” Times Literary Supplement

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"Illuminating. . . . A thoughtful meditation on the divisive ethos of power." --Los Angeles Times"Profound reflections on a world that has lost its values." --Shepard Express"Boldly stated . . . Classic. . . . [Berger speaks] to what we owe the dead and the yet-to-be-born." --Santa Cruz Sentinel"John Berger writes about what is important, not just interesting. In contemporary English letters he seems to me peerless; not since D. H. Lawrence has there been a writer who offers such attentiveness to the sensual world with responsiveness to the imperatives of conscience."--Susan Sontag

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