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Against Interpretation And Other Essays
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: First published in 1966, this celebrated book--Sontag's first collection of essays--quickly became a modern classic, and has had an enormous influence in America and abroad on thinking about the arts and contemporary culture.
Copyright Date: 1966
Ante El Dolor De Los Demás
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Susan Sontag explora la confluencia de las "noticias", el arte y el modo en que entendemos las representaciones del desastre.
Copyright Date: 2003
At The Same Time: Essays And Speeches
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Sontag writes of the freedom of literature, about courage and resistance, and fearlessly addresses the dilemmas of post-9/11 America, from the degradation of our political rhetoric to the appalling torture of prisoners in Abu Ghraib.
Copyright Date: 2007
The Benefactor: A Novel
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Sontag's first novel, it is a fascinating, knowing, acerbic portrait of Hippolyte, a latter-day Candide whose violently imaginative dream life becomes indistinguishable from his surprising experiences in the real world.
Copyright Date: 1963
The Best American Essays 1992
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Hailed as the single most distinguished showcase for essays, The Best American Essays exhibits the finest writing from magazines and journals across the country.
Copyright Date: 1992
Death Kit
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Sontag's second novel is a classic of modern fiction as well as brilliant exploration of the recesses of the American conscience.
Copyright Date: 1967
En América
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Susan Sontag ha escrito esta atrevida novela por medio de unos personajes tan singulares.
Copyright Date: 2002
Estilos Radicales
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Los ocho ensayos incluidos en este libro son una portentosa muestra de la pluralidad filosófica de Susan Sontag, una de las intelectuales más comprometidas de nuestro tiempo.
Copyright Date: 2004
I, Etcetera
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: A collection of essays from various magazines including Project for a Trip to China in the Atlantic, The Dummy in Harper's Bazaar, Unguided Tour in the New Yorker, American Spirits and Doctor Jekyll in Partisan review and Baby in Playboy.
Copyright Date: 1963
Illness As Metaphor, And AIDS And Its Metaphors
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: In l978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as "one of the most liberating books of its time." A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment.
Copyright Date: 1977
In America: A Novel
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: National Book Award winner about a Polish actress who leaves the stage to journey to California and set up a commune with her friends in 1876.
Copyright Date: 2000
On Photography
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: 6 essays on photography, and a brief anthology of quotations.
Copyright Date: 1977
Regarding The Pain Of Others
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: How does the spectacle of the sufferings of others (via television or newsprint) affect us? Are viewers inured--or incited--to violence by the depiction of cruelty?
Copyright Date: 2003
Styles Of Radical Will
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Styles of Radical Will, Susan Sontag's second collection of essays, extends the investigations she undertook in Against Interpretation with essays on film, literature, politics, and a groundbreaking study of pornography.
Copyright Date: 2002
Under The Sign Of Saturn
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: This third essay collection by America's leading essayist brings together her most important critical writing from 1972 to 1980, in which she explores some of the most influential artists and thinkers of our time.
Copyright Date: 2002
The Volcano Lover
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Set in 18th century Naples, based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and peopled with many of the great figures of the day, this unconventional, bestselling historical romance touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector's obsessions, and, above all, love.
Copyright Date: 1992
Where The Stress Falls: Essays
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Divided into three sections, the first "Reading" includes ardent pieces on writers from Sontag's own private canon - Machado de Assis, Barthes, W. G. Sebald, Borges, Tsvetaeva, and Elizabeth Hardwick. In the second, "Seeing" she shares her passions for film, dance, photography, painting, opera, and theater. And in the final section, "There and Here", Sontag discusses her experiences with travel, specifically to Sarajevo.
Copyright Date: 2001
Where The Stress Falls: Essays
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Thirty-five years after her first collection, the now classic Against Interpretation, America's most important essayist has chosen more than forty longer and shorter pieces from the last twenty years.
Copyright Date: 2001
El Amante Del Volcán
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: El amante del volcán es el banquete de la inteligencia y la pasión.
Copyright Date: 1996
El Benefactor
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Novela, un joven francés que por fin decide llevar a la vida real aquellos deseos y fantasías que habitan en el sueño
Copyright Date: 2002
La Enfermedad Y Sus Metáforas Y El SIDA Y Sus Metáforas
by Sontag, Susan
Synopsis: Este volumen resulta imprescindible para entender esas fantasías punitivas creadas alrededor de dos males típicos de nuestra era
Copyright Date: 1996