As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh - Diaries 1964-1980

Informationen zum Autor Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include On Photography , Regarding the Pain of Others and At the Same Time. She was also the author of four novels, including The Volcano Lover and In America, as well as a collection of stories and several plays. She was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, and received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. She died in December 2004. Klappentext Intimate journal entries which trace the artistic and political development of Susan Sontag. This is the second volume, giving unique insight into the evolution of this leading intellectual, and comes with a moving introduction by her son David Rieff Zusammenfassung Providing an insight into the mind of one of the leading intellectuals of the modern age, this title chronicles the cultural, moral, and political journeys of this renowned critic and artist at the height of her powers.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Sontag, Sontag Susan
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 02.05.2013
• EAN: 9780241954461
• ISBN: 978-0-241-95446-1
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Erinnerungen (div.) s.a. Einzelperson, Sontag, Susan, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Poetry, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, POETRY / Women Authors, Autobiography: literary, c 1960 to c 1970, Literary essays, c 1960 to c 1969, Autobiography: writers