Review: Tom Overton's Vibrant Berger Biography
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- John Berger donated his literary archive — letters, notepads, sketches, and scripts — to the British Library in 2009 while still alive, living from his home in the Alps
- Tom Overton's biography "John Berger: From Life" is described as a "multi-layered portrait" and a fitting tribute to the pioneering cultural critic
Why it matters: Drawing on archives Berger personally assembled before his death, Overton's biography offers readers a primary-source-rooted account of the critic whose "Ways of Seeing" reshaped how the public engages with visual art.
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