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John Berger: A Wonderful Artist and Thinker

Books from the revolutionary artist, writer, and critic, including new editions of his seminal works.

Verso Books29 September 2025

John Berger: A Wonderful Artist and Thinker

“John Berger teaches us how to think, how to feel, how to stare at things until we see what we thought wasn’t there. But above all, he teaches us how to love in the face of adversity. He is a master.” — Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things

John Berger (1926-2017) was one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. We are proud to be reissuing his classic works including a tribute to the potential of political art, an investigation of the fate of migrant workers, and a story of love and resistance.

New Editions of Classic Works:

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  • Portraits
    John Berger, one of the world’s most celebrated storytellers and writers on art, tells a personal history of art from the prehistoric paintings of the Chauvet caves to 21st century conceptual artis...
  • Paying homage to the writers and thinkers who influenced him, John Berger pushes at the limits of art writing, demonstrating beautifully how his artist’s eye makes him a storyteller, rather than a...
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    Forthcoming

  • Corker's Freedom
    John Berger, storyteller, critic and political writer, brings us this tender and bittersweet novel of a man’s dreams of freedom and romance. In his sixty-third year, quite unexpectedly, William Cor...
    Paperback

    Forthcoming

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