At the Same Time: Essays And Speeches - Couverture rigide

Sontag, Susan

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0374100721 ISBN 13 : 9780374100728

Editeur : Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2007

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

At the Same Time contains sixteen illuminating essays by Susan Sontag.With a preface by David Rieff.The sixteen essays gathered here represent the last pieces written by Susan Sontag in the years before her ddath in 2004. Reflecting on literature, photography and art, post 9/11 America and political activism, these essays encompass the themes that dominated Sontag's life and work, revealing why she remains one of the twentieth century's preeminent writers and thinkers.'These sixteen pieces brim over with vitality . . . every one of them opening up fresh lines of thought' John Gray, New Statesman'One of America's greatest public intellectuals' Observer'Excellent and essential' Financial Times'Reads like a greatest-hits album - a little politics, something on photography, some lit. crit. - of Sontag's passions' Daily Telegraph'Sontag's clear thinking . . . shines like a spotlight in dark places' The TimesOne of America's best-known and most admired writers, Susan Sontag was also a leading commentator on contemporary culture until her death in December 2004. Her books include four novels and numerous works of non-fiction, among them Regarding the Pain of Others, On Photography, Illness as Metaphor, At the Same Time, Against Interpretation and Other Essays and Reborn: Early Diaries 1947-1963, all of which are published by Penguin. A further eight books, including the collections of essays Under the Sign of Saturn and Where the Stress Falls, and the novels The Volcano Lover and The Benefactor, are available from Penguin Modern Classics.

Biographie de l'auteur

One of America's best-known and most admired writers, Susan Sontag was also a leading commentator on contemporary culture. Her books include four novels and seven works of non-fiction, among them Regarding the Pain of Others, On Photography and Illness as Metaphor, all of which are published by Penguin. Susan Sontag died in December 2004.At the Same Time includes a preface written by Susan Sontag's only son, David Rieff.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0374100721
• ISBN 13: 9780374100728
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 235
• Éditeur: Dilonardo Paolo, Jump Anne
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible