{"product_id":"smoke-9781910749470","title":"Smoke","description":"\u003cb\u003eA pictoral essay by the great art critic, novelist and long-time smoker, John Berger, and Turkish writer and illustrator Selçuk Demirel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Once upon a time, men, women and (secretly) children smoked.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis charming illustrated work reflects on the cultural implications of smoking, and suggests, through a series of brilliantly inventive illustrations, that society's attitude to smoke is both paradoxical and intolerant. It portrays a world in which smokers, banished from public places, must encounter one another as outlaws. Meanwhile, car exhausts and factory chimneys continue to pollute the atmosphere. \u003ci\u003eSmoke\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully illustrated prose poem that lingers in the mind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A cigarette is a breathing space. It makes a parenthesis. The time of a cigarette is a parenthesis, and if it is shared you are both in that parenthesis. It's like a proscenium arch for a dialogue.\" - John Berger (in interview)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Notting Hill Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781910749470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 4.70w x 0.50d","brand":"John Berger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45187022291125,"sku":"9781910749470","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d3bbae33-ef03-4ae3-8808-33d0925b27fc.jpg?v=1742271098","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/smoke-9781910749470","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}