A Load of Shit
Published on 31. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
12 pages
978-1-912475-41-4 (ISBN)
Description
"What makes shit such a universal joke is that it's an unmistakable reminder of our duality, of our soiled nature and of our will to glory. It is the ultimate lese-majeste".
John Berger's essay begins by describing the experience of burying a year's worth of his household's excrement. What follows is an extended reflection-at once philosophically detached and profoundly engaged with the inescapable stuff of life-on shit as an emblem of what it means to be human: on our simultaneous kinship with and profound difference from all other animals.
Eris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.
John Berger's essay begins by describing the experience of burying a year's worth of his household's excrement. What follows is an extended reflection-at once philosophically detached and profoundly engaged with the inescapable stuff of life-on shit as an emblem of what it means to be human: on our simultaneous kinship with and profound difference from all other animals.
Eris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.
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English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 200 mm
Width: 110 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-912475-41-4 (9781912475414)
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John Berger (1926-2017) was an essayist and art historian renowned for his television documentary series (and book of the same title) Ways of Seeing. He was also a prolific novelist, and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1972.