{"product_id":"from-a-to-x-isbn-9781804299890","title":"From A to X","description":"In the dusty, ramshackle town of Suse lives A’ida. Her insurgent lover Xavier has been imprisoned. Resolute, sensuous and tender, A’ida’sletters to the man she loves tell of daily events in the town, and ofits motley collection of inhabitants whose lives flow through hers. Butthe area is under threat, and as a faceless power inexorably encroachesfrom outside, so the smallest details and acts of humanity—anintimate dance, a shared meal—assume for A’ida a life-affirmingsignificance, acts of resistance against the forces that mightotherwise extinguish them. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom A to X \u003c\/i\u003eis a powerfulexploration of how humanity affirms itself in struggle: imagining acommunity which, besieged by economic and military imperialism, findstranscendent hope in the pain and fragility, vulnerability and sorrowof daily existence.\"An exquisitely written and constructed novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Berger has given us an exquisite thing. This is a book of controlled rage sculpted with tools of tenderness and a searing political vision\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Arundhati Roy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Berger has found a voice perfectly fitted to express an emotional sincerity quite rare in fiction at the moment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ursula Le Guin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most tender and poignant books I have read for many years. Its power rests in its economy of means, its account of enduring love surviving oppression. It demonstrates that however foul the forces oppressing us, love and the human spirit are indestructible\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Harold Pinter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"best understood, like all Berger's best work, as the record of one restless, committed, brilliant consciousness; a late showcase of a mind and sensibility of astonishing range and depth, which should be read as an epic poem or a lyrical essay as much as a novel\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Melissa Benn, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This little book is magic... It is original and graceful, sustained by a quiet rage.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Eileen Battersby, \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Wrought with a miniaturist’s precision\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eStoryteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, \u003cb\u003eJohn Berger\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include \u003ci\u003eWays of Seeing\u003c\/i\u003e, the fiction trilogy \u003ci\u003eInto Their Labours\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHere Is Where We Meet\u003c\/i\u003e, the Booker Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eG\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHold Everything Dear\u003c\/i\u003e, the Man Booker–longlisted \u003ci\u003eFrom A to X\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Seventh Man\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233181151461,"sku":"NP9781804299890","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804299890.jpg?v=1767727727","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/from-a-to-x-isbn-9781804299890","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}