{"product_id":"9781910749470","title":"Smoke","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Once upon a time, men, women and (secretly) children smoked.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057335353584,"sku":"9781910749470","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910749470_p0.jpg?v=1763628890","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910749470","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}