by John Berger · Punto de Lectura · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788466304207
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«King, una historia de la calle» is the novel by John Berger, published by Punto de Lectura in paperback (226 pages, in Spanish).
King, a stray dog, narrates the life of a community of homeless people settled in a dump next to a motorway in France. His owners, an elderly couple, sell chestnuts and radishes to survive, while the novel portrays the dignity, affection and solidarity that flourish in marginalisation.
Originally published as King: A Street Story in 1999. Spanish-language edition by Punto de Lectura, 2001.
For readers of literary fiction interested in stories about human dignity and the animal point of view.
John Peter Berger was an English art critic, novelist, painter and poet. His novel G. won the 1972 Booker Prize. His essay on art criticism Ways of Seeing, written as an accompaniment to the BBC series of the same name, is hugely culturally influential and continues to be widely read today. He lived in France for over fifty years.
