Bento's Sketchbook by Berger, John

Bento's Sketchbook (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781804298237)

Vendor: John Berger
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Format: Paperback
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Bento's Sketchbook by Berger, John

Bento's Sketchbook

$24.95
Bento's Sketchbook by Berger, John

Bento's Sketchbook

$24.95
Format: Paperback
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A deeply moving exploration of the relationship between thinking and drawing, from the author of the groundbreaking Ways of Seeing

The seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza (a.k.a. Bento) spent the most intense years of his short life writing. He also carried with him a sketchbook. After his sudden death, his friends rescued letters, manuscripts, notes--but no drawings.

For years, without knowing what its pages might hold, John Berger has imagined finding Bento's sketchbook, wanting to see the drawings alongside his surviving words. When one day a friend gave him a beautiful virgin sketchbook, Berger said, 'This is Bento's!' and he began to draw, taking inspiration from the philosopher's vision.

In this beautifully illustrated book, Berger uses the imaginative space opened up in this experiment to explore politics, storytelling, Spinoza's life and times, and the process of drawing itself.

Author: John Berger
ISBN-10: 1804298239
ISBN-13: 9781804298237
Publisher: Verso
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2025
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
By John Berger
By John Berger
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Storyteller, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, dramatist and critic, John Berger (1926-2017) was one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. His many books include Ways of Seeing; the fiction trilogy Into Their Labours; Here Is Where We Meet; the Booker Prize-winning novel G; Hold Everything Dear; the Man Booker-longlisted From A to X; and A Seventh Man.

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