"The essays collected here (most of which were published in the newspaper 'La Stampa') are the fruits of a decade-long journey of a curious dilettante.
Read MoreGod. He painted reputable portraits, for the upper-class bourgeois Lisbon people, who have money to pay, and self-esteem to hang on the wall a self-portrait, a portrait that is usually a flattering lie, smeared on canvas according to the model's wishes.
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