King: A Street Story
From one of the most distinguished and versatile writers of our time comes a hauntingly beautiful novel about the complexities of emotion and experience in a community of the homeless.
From one of the most distinguished and versatile writers of our time comes a hauntingly beautiful novel about the complexities of emotion and experience in a community of the homeless.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780375705342 (0375705341)
Publish date: November 14th 2000
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 189
Edition language: English
John Berger has a sparse, uncomplicated, writing style, and the matter-of-fact way he discloses unexpected details can be devastating. For example, on the second page you are jolted with this:"A month ago a gang of kids poured petrol over an old manwho was sleeping in a street behind the Central Sta...