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A Load of Shit

By John Berger
Series: ERIS Gems
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A Load of Shit opens with John Berger's candid account of burying a year's worth of his household's excrement, setting the tone for a philosophical and deeply engaging meditation on the significance of shit as a symbol of human duality. Berger explores how this universal joke reflects our soiled nature and aspirations, highlighting our complex relationship with the natural world and what it truly means to be human.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This thought-provoking essay will appeal to readers interested in philosophy, human nature, and cultural reflections, especially those who appreciate contemplative and unconventional explorations within the arts and culture genre.

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An extended reflection by a masterful essayist on what it means to be human.

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"What makes shit such a universal joke is that it's an unmistakable reminder of our duality, of our soiled nature and of our will to glory. It is the ultimate lèse-majesté".

John Berger's essay begins by describing the experience of burying a year's worth of his household's excrement. What follows is an extended reflection-at once philosophically detached and profoundly engaged with the inescapable stuff of life-on shit as an emblem of what it means to be human: on our simultaneous kinship with and profound difference from all other animals.

Eris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781912475414

Publisher: ERIS

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 August 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: ERIS

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 12

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Arts & Culture Biography & Memoir John Berger Non-Fiction Philosophy & Psychology Philosophy & Stoicism Series: ERIS Gems

About the Author

John Berger (1926–2017) was an essayist and art historian renowned for his television documentary series (and book of the same title) Ways of Seeing. He was also a prolific novelist, and was awarded the Booker Prize in 1972.

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