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Goya's Last Portrait/A Question of Geography
Goya's Last Portrait/A Question of Geography
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Product details
- ISBN 9781804298770
- Weight: 300g
- 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 and The Question of Geography are the result of collaboration between John Berger and the actress and writer Nella Bielski. Here, collated for the first time as part of the Essential John Berger Series.
Goya's Last Portrait, is a study of the artist looking back on his work and drawing the outline of the relationship between art and life. Having painted the darkest images of the soul, the horrors of war, as well as the vibrant colours of aristocratic life, Goya's questions whether he has reflected life or changed it.
The Question of Geography, premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company, 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 delves into themes of exile, displacement, the lasting effects of political repression, and the struggle to rebuild lives after imprisonment.
Goya's Last Portrait, is a study of the artist looking back on his work and drawing the outline of the relationship between art and life. Having painted the darkest images of the soul, the horrors of war, as well as the vibrant colours of aristocratic life, Goya's questions whether he has reflected life or changed it.
The Question of Geography, premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company, 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 delves into themes of exile, displacement, the lasting effects of political repression, and the struggle to rebuild lives after imprisonment.
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.
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