{"product_id":"john-berger-smoke-2017","title":"John Berger: Smoke [2017]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA pictorial essay by the great art critic, novelist and long-time smoker, John Berger, and Turkish writer and illustrator Selcuk Demirel.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Once upon a time, men, women and (secretly) children smoked.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis charming illustrated work reflects on the cultural implications of smoking, and suggests, through a series of brilliantly inventive illustrations, that society's attitude to smoke is both paradoxical and intolerant. It portrays a world in which smokers, banished from public places, must encounter one another as outlaws. Meanwhile, car exhausts and factory chimneys continue to pollute the atmosphere. \u003cem\u003eSmoke\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautifully illustrated prose poem that lingers in the mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue.\" - John Berger (in interview)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berger, John \u0026 Demirel, Selcuk","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":52513858748755,"sku":"9781910749470","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/berger-john-demirel-selcuk-john-berger-smoke-2017-9781910749470-1209715029.jpg?v=1764708807","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/john-berger-smoke-2017","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}