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Goya's Last Portrait/A Question of Geography

By John Berger and Nella Bielski
Series: The Essential John Berger
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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... Read More
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Two groundbreaking dramas on art, politics and liberation from the Booker Prize winning novelist and critic

Two groundbreaking dramas on art, politics and liberation from the Booker Prize winning novelist and critic

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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.

Series: The Essential John Berger

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781804298770

Publisher: Verso Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 14 April 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Verso Books

Edition: New edition

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 159g

Pages: 192

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Arts & Culture John Berger Nella Bielski Non-Fiction Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: The Essential John Berger

About the Author

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.

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