{"product_id":"9781910749470","title":"Smoke by John Berger","description":"A pictorial essay by the great art critic, novelist and long-time smoker, John Berger, and Turkish writer and illustrator Sel?uk Demirel.   \"Once upon a time, men, women and (secretly) children smoked.\"This 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.?Smoke?is a beautifully illustrated prose poem that lingers in the mind.   \"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)\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56308906131829,"sku":"9781910749470","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781910749470.jpg?v=1762809644","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781910749470","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}