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A Load of Shit
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Series: Eris Gems
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ISBN10: 1912475413
ISBN13: 9781912475414
Publisher: Eris
Published: Sep 24 2024
Pages: 12
Weight: 0.05
Height: 0.20 Width: 0.10 Depth: 7.30
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781912475414
Publisher: Eris
Published: Sep 24 2024
Pages: 12
Weight: 0.05
Height: 0.20 Width: 0.10 Depth: 7.30
Language: English
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.Also from
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