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The Sense of Sight

by John Berger · 1986

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Essays explore topics including poetry, torture, storytelling, and the works of artists such as Goya, Monet, Rubens, and Modigliani

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Subject
literary criticismphilosophy
Themes
art
Audience
adult
Form
essays

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