"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 lèse-majesté".
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.A Load of Shit
John Berger
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- SKU:
- 9781912475414
- UPC:
- 9781912475414
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- Published by:
- Eris
- Pub date:
- 09/24/2024
- Binding type:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 12
- ISBN:
- 9781912475414