Goya's Last Portrait/A Question of Geography
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- ISBN 9781804298770
- Weight: 159g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 14 Apr 2026
- Publisher: Verso Books
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Goya's Last Portrait presents the artist struggling to comprehend the relationship between his life and his work. Having painted humanity at its most violent and depraved amid the horrors of war, and also depicted the vibrancy of aristocratic life, Goya faces an overwhelming question: Has he changed the world or merely caught its reflection?
The Question of Geography is set in Magadan, a town in the Soviet far east, where former political prisoners, known as 'Zeks', are forced to live after serving their sentences. The play examines exile, political repression, and the psychological legacy of incarceration.
These two plays, the result of a collaboration between John Berger and the actress and writer Nella Bielski, are here brought together for the first time as part of the Essential John Berger Series.
The Question of Geography is set in Magadan, a town in the Soviet far east, where former political prisoners, known as 'Zeks', are forced to live after serving their sentences. The play examines exile, political repression, and the psychological legacy of incarceration.
These two plays, the result of a collaboration between John Berger and the actress and writer Nella Bielski, are here brought together for the first time as part of the Essential John Berger Series.
Storyteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, John Berger (1926-2017) was one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include Ways of Seeing; the fiction trilogy Into Their Labours; Here Is Where We Meet; the Booker Prize-winning novel G; Hold Everything Dear; the Man Booker-longlisted From A to X; and A Seventh Man.
Nella Bielski was a Ukrainian born, French actress and writer. She wrote a number of novels, also translated into English, including Oranges for the Son of Alexander Levy and The Year is '42. She also cowrote two plays with John Berger. A Question of Geography was premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Nella Bielski was a Ukrainian born, French actress and writer. She wrote a number of novels, also translated into English, including Oranges for the Son of Alexander Levy and The Year is '42. She also cowrote two plays with John Berger. A Question of Geography was premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
