Sketch for Self-Portrait

This book, written by Bernard Berenson when he was in his eighties, provides an intimate glimpse of a man renowned for his reserve. With uncompromising honesty, he alights on a variety of subjects which include friendship & conversation; sex & art; aesthetics & religion. He divulges his innermost thoughts, he recalls great friends & he recounts anecdotes from his ordinary life. These pages show why Berenson is remembered as a brilliant conversationalist & a caustic wit. An evocative book that reveals the ruminations of a remarkable & idiosyncratic mind.