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Here Is Where We Meet
Here Is Where We Meet: A Story of Crossing Paths | John Berger
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One of the most widely admired writers of our time returns us to the captivating play and narrative allure of his previous novelsG. and To the Wedding among themwith a shimmering fiction drawn from chapters of his own life.One hot afternoon in Lisbon, the narrator finds his long-dead mother seated on a park bench. The dead dont stay where they are buried, she tells him. And so begins a remarkable odyssey, told in simple yet gorgeous prose, that carries us from the London Blitz in 1943, to a Polish market, to a Paleolithic cave, to the Ritz Hotel in Madrid. Here Is Where We Meet is a unique literary journey that moves freely through time and space but never loses its foothold in the sensuous present. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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This is a difficult book to describe so here is the start of the New Yorker review for it back in 2005 to help me out!

There is something about John Bergers writing that is contemplative, perceptive but kind. The way he connects with the world and shares it has a kind of grace. Here he is an elderly man and using the contrivance of meeting and conversing with different ghosts to work out some philosophy or life lessons. ⬇️

Centique But it is more subtle than that, he is interacting with the places he visits and capturing all manner of detail. It is a strange little creature this book, a series of impressions and conversations but it appeals to me a lot. 2y
charl08 I love your description but my attempts to read Berger have not been successful! 2y
Centique @charl08 I think his novel is much more readable if you ever want to try that! 2y
charl08 @Centique thanks for the recommendation, I'll add it to the TBR. 2y
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