A painter of our time
John Berger · 1958
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"The principal action in A Painter of Our Time takes place across a stretch of some four years in the life of the fictional Hungarian painter Janos Lavin. The story is told in part by Lavin’s friend John, who resembles John Berger in several ways--not least in his being an art critic during this period--and who has discovered Lavin’s journal in the latter’s studio after his return to Budapest in October, 1956. The text alternates between passages from the journal and the interpolations of John, who fills in the gaps, narrating more fully the events surrounding the reflections recorded in the journal"--Summary taken from enotes website.
Book details
- Year
- 1958
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 208
- ISBN
- 9780679737230
Data source: Wikidata
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