John Berger: From Life

A magisterial biography of novelist and critic John Berger, whose work—including Ways of Seeing and the Booker-prize winning G.—revolutionized the critical tradition in the twentieth century

The Storyteller began with conversations between the author and subject while Overton catalogued Berger’s archive at the British Library. Overton then, naturally, drew in the perspectives of friends, family, and collaborators. But at the center of this research is a miracle that occurred after Berger’s d...