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Author | John Berger |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Publication date | 1972 |
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Pages | 318 |
ISBN | 0-297-99423-9 |
G. is a 1972 novel by John Berger, set in pre- First World War Europe. [1] Its protagonist, named "G.", is a Don Juan or Casanova-like lover of women who gradually comes to political consciousness after misadventures across the continent. Berger's experimental, non-linear narrative novel won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and the Booker Prize. At the Booker Prize ceremony Berger criticized the sponsor Booker-McConnall for exploiting trade in the Caribbean for the past 130 years. [2] Berger also gave half of the prize money to the British Black Panther movement. [3]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (December 2009) |
Author | John Berger |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Publisher | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Publication date | 1972 |
Media type | |
Pages | 318 |
ISBN | 0-297-99423-9 |
G. is a 1972 novel by John Berger, set in pre- First World War Europe. [1] Its protagonist, named "G.", is a Don Juan or Casanova-like lover of women who gradually comes to political consciousness after misadventures across the continent. Berger's experimental, non-linear narrative novel won both the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction and the Booker Prize. At the Booker Prize ceremony Berger criticized the sponsor Booker-McConnall for exploiting trade in the Caribbean for the past 130 years. [2] Berger also gave half of the prize money to the British Black Panther movement. [3]