{"product_id":"bentos-sketchbook-the-essential-john-berger","title":"Bento's Sketchbook","description":"\u003cp\u003eA deeply moving exploration of the relationship between thinking and drawing, from the author of the groundbreaking Ways of Seeing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PRHD Penguin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46970215039199,"sku":"9781804298237","price":37.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0685\/2185\/3151\/files\/9781804298237.jpg?v=1747183268","url":"https:\/\/lamplightbooks.pro\/products\/bentos-sketchbook-the-essential-john-berger","provider":"Lamplight Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}