A powerful meditation on political resistance and the global search for justice

From the ' War on Terror' to resistance in Ramallah and traumatic dislocation in the Middle East, Berger explores the uses of art as an instrument of political resistance. Visceral and passionate, Hold Everything Dear is a profound meditation on the far extremes of human behaviour, and the underlying despair. Looking at Afghanistan, Palestine and Iraq, he makes an impassioned attack on the poverty and loss of freedom at the heart of such unnecessary suffering.

These essays offer reflections on the political at the core of artistic expression and at the center of human existence itself.

"One of the most influential intellectuals of our time." - Observer

"Berger is a writer one demands to know more about ... an intriguing and powerful mind and talent." - New York Times

"Powerful polemicist and precise poet." - Times

"Berger is never less than eloquent... a heartfelt advocate of those without hope." - Metro

"Any book by John Berger is an event . admirers will recognise the characteristic blend of sympathy and lucidity, directness of address, human warmth, and cosmopolitan example." - Times Literary Supplement