'Magnificent... Her famous seriousness pervades throughout... What's striking is the astonishing scope,potential and possibility Sontag saw in short fiction'Financial TimesThe complete collected short stories of Susan Sontag,one of the most brilliant and influential writers of the twentieth centurySusan Sontag is most often remembered as a brilliant essayist - inquisitive,analytical,fearlessly outspoken. Yet all throughout her life,she also wrote short stories: fictions which wrestled with those ideas and preoccupations she couldn't address in essay form. These short fictions are allegories,parables,autobiographical vignettes,each capturing an authentic fragment of life,dramatizing Sontag's private griefs and fears.Stories collects all of Sontag's short fiction for the first time. This astonishingly versatile collection showcases its peerless writer at the height of her powers. For any Sontag fan,it is an unmissable testament to her creative achievements.'Sontag is one of the most influential critics of her generation'New York Review of Books
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241982716Number of pages: 336Weight: 234 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 20 mm
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Magnificent... Her famous seriousness pervades throughout... What's striking is the astonishing scope,potential and possibility Sontag saw in short fictionWe can't recommend this careful collection enoughIf you are a bibliophile,you need this beautiful hardback in your life... These superb stories show the sheer versatility of one of this century's most inquisitive minds
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