{"product_id":"contar-uma-historia","title":"Tell a Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite their status as leading intellectuals of the twentieth century, the artistic collaboration—and intense friendship—between John Berger and Susan Sontag remains virtually unknown.\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time, Contar Uma História offers a glimpse into their shared lives over nearly a quarter of a century. Drawing on sources such as the eponymous television film, rare personal letters, and archival recordings, these fragments build a portrait of a vibrant, demanding, and always affectionate relationship.\u003cbr\u003eBerger and Sontag’s voices echo throughout these pages, conversing and responding to one another as they confront their intellectual concerns. Above all, their conversations reveal a profound mutual admiration and an exchange of ideas about narrative, the self, and society that shaped the work of both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Susan Sontag wrote a book of great importance and originality… From now on, all discussions or analyses of the role of photography in prosperous societies with mass media will have to start with this book.” — John Berger, on Susan Sontag’s On Photography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I admire and value John Berger’s books. He writes about what is important, not just interesting—in contemporary English letters, he seems to have no rival; since Lawrence, no writer has paid so much attention to the world of the senses without forgetting the imperatives of consciousness. He is a wonderful artist and thinker.” — Susan Sontag, on the American publication of John Berger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn Berger was born in London in 1926. His book Ways of Seeing was one of the most influential works on art of the twentieth century. Among his numerous books, innovative in form and broad in historical and political scope, are For Marriage (published by Relógio D’Água), King, and the Booker Prize-winning novel G., The Man.\u003c\/p\u003eHe died in January 2017 at the age of ninety.\n\u003cp\u003eSusan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933. Among her non-fiction works are Against Interpretation, On Photography, Illness as Metaphor, AIDS and Its Metaphors, Looking at Suffering, and At the Same Time. She also wrote four novels, including The Volcano Lover and In America, as well as a book of short stories and several plays. In 2001, she received the Jerusalem Prize for her body of work and, in 2003, the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature and the German Booksellers’ Peace Prize. She died in December 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBenoît Bourreau is a writer and filmmaker who lives in Paris. His cinematic work focuses primarily on the aesthetics of art and its legacy, exploring narratives rooted in memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Relógio D'Água","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53385589588234,"sku":null,"price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0735\/2729\/6266\/files\/9789897836886-1.jpg?v=1784283291","url":"https:\/\/www.malditalivraria.com\/en\/products\/contar-uma-historia","provider":"Maldita Livraria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}