{"product_id":"goyas-last-portrait-a-question-of-geography","title":"Goya's Last Portrait\/A Question of Geography: Two Plays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo essential plays from Berger and Bielski on art, politics and liberation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoya's Last Portrait \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e The Question of Geography\u003c\/i\u003e are the result of collaboration between John Berger and the actress and writer Nella Bielski. Here, collated for the first time as part of the Essential John Berger Series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoya's Last Portrait,\u003c\/i\u003e is a study of the artist looking back on his work and drawing the outline of the relationship between art and life. Having painted the darkest images of the soul, the horrors of war, as well as the vibrant colours of aristocratic life, Goya's questions whether he has reflected life or changed it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Question of Geography\u003c\/em\u003e, premiered at the Royal Shakespeare Company, is set in Magadan, a town in\u003cspan class=\"atm_keep-reading-flag\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e the Soviet Far East where former political prisoners, known as \"Zeks,\" are forced to live after serving their sentences. The play delves into themes of exile, displacement, the lasting effects of political repression, and the struggle to rebuild lives after imprisonment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44374296723549,"sku":"9781804298770","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0826\/1213\/files\/Goya_sLastPortrait_AQuestionofGeography.jpg?v=1776540892","url":"https:\/\/leftwingbooks.net\/en-us\/products\/goyas-last-portrait-a-question-of-geography","provider":"Leftwingbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}