{"product_id":"bentos-sketchbook-9781804298237","title":"Bento's Sketchbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Berger\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: MIXIG\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: MIXIG\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Artists - Artists' Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA deeply moving exploration of the relationship between thinking and drawing, from the author of the groundbreaking Ways of Seeing\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45413158682775,"sku":"9781804298237","price":1272.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781804298237.webp?v=1769292441","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/bentos-sketchbook-9781804298237","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}