{"product_id":"bentos-sketchbook-9781804298237","title":"Bento's Sketchbook","description":"\u003cb\u003eA deeply moving exploration of the relationship between thinking and drawing, from the author of the groundbreaking Ways of Seeing\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Berger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Verso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804298237","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43784483209353,"sku":"9781804298237","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_41e29d46-9c00-4c85-bb6e-bd4016a0f215.jpg?v=1742272556","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/bentos-sketchbook-9781804298237","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}