Lilac and Flag

About the Author

John Berger was born in London in 1926. He is well known for his novels and stories as well as for his works of nonfiction, including several volumes of art criticism. His first novel, A Painter of Our Time, was published in 1958, and since then his books have included the novel G., which won the Booker Prize in 1972.

With Lilac and Flag (1990), Berger completed his peasant trilogy Into Their Labours, which also includes Pig Earth (1979) and Once in Europa (1987). His six volumes of essays include Keeping a Rendezvous (1991), The Sense of Sight (1985), and Ways of Seeing (1972).

In 1962 Berger left Britain permanently, and he now lives in a small village in the French Alps.