Sketch for a self-portrait, 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 and conversation; sex and art; aesthetics and religion. he divulges his innermost thoughts, he recalls great friends and recounts anecdotes from his extraordinary life. ON the evidence of these pages alone, it is easy to understand  why Berenson is remembered as  a brilliant conversationalist and a caustic wit. An evocative book,  Sketch for a self-portrait reveals the ruminations of a remarkable idiosyncratic mind.

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