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  <title><![CDATA[The Shape of a Pocket]]></title>
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  <default_description>The pocket in question is a small pocket of resistance. A pocket is formed when two or more people come together in agreement. The resistance is against the inhumanity of the New World Economic Order. The people coming together are the reader, me, and those the essays are about&amp;#8211;Rembrandt, Paleolithic cave painters, a Romanian peasant, ancient Egyptians, an expert in the loneliness of a certain hotel bedroom, dogs at dusk, a man in a radio station. And unexpectedly, our exchanges strengthen each of us in our conviction that what is happening in the world today is wrong, and that what is often said about it is a lie. I&amp;#8217;ve never written a book with a greater sense of urgency.&lt;br&gt;&amp;#8211;John Berger</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2001</original_publication_year>
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  <read_at>Wed Nov 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[When I started reading this book, I didn’t expect to think about Richard Dawkins. It’s Berger’s fault. About midway through the book, there's an essay on a portrait of an unknown man by Gericault. Commenting on the painting, Berger states that “[c:]ompassion has no place in the natural order...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72240631">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Jun 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed&quot;...<br/><br/>I'm unfamiliar w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45268319">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[     Classified as Art History/ Literary Essays, John Berger's The Shape of a Pocket is deceptive. Smooth prose makes it easy to read and variety of subject holds our attention, but the ideas are complex and merit at least a <br/>second read. Berger speaks of the artist as a receiver, one <br/>who...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29502761">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just happened on to this book at the library, I picked it up because of it's size and title.<br/>This was my 1st introduction to John Burger. I loved it~]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to read this for college and I thought that it was interesting. It is kind of an analitical way to look at art and what brings about art in the world.]]></body>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone who likes to read and think]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is about my favorite author. I do not agree with all of his ideas. He is an old communist, for instance. I have no opinion on Palestine/Israel. Too many people have those already. But the important thing about this book is the careful and beautiful way he treats art, artists, and humans in gene...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32620429">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My friend Val got me this as a gift.  It took me a while to get around to reading it.  The &quot;pocket&quot; is a pocket of resistance against the predominant forces in one's culture.  Enjoyed the read.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Oct 21 12:27:52 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Smart, emotional art crit, plus letters exchanged with the Zapatistas' Commandante Marcos. The pocket in the title is a pocket of resistance; the book a way to maintain hope and fight back.]]></body>
    <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35100105]]></url>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A literary equivalent to Tarkovsky's, The Sacrifice.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[art criticism without the cynical dribble.]]></body>
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