Name: Debriefing: Collected Stories
SKU: 51358335
Price: 721.00 TWD
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Author: Sontag, Susan
ISBN: 9781250192769

Type

Physical Book

Author

Susan Sontag

Publisher

Picador

Year

2018

Language

English

Pages

336

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20.8x13.5x2.5 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781250192769

Synopsis "Debriefing: Collected Stories "

A collection of short fiction from Susan Sontag, the National Book Award-winning author of In America and Against Interpretation, and the renowned essayist praised as "one of our very few brand-name intellectuals" (The Yale Review). An invaluable record of the creative output of one of the most inquisitive and analytical thinkers of the twentieth century at the height of her power, Debriefing collects all of Susan Sontag's shorter fiction, a form she turned to intermittently throughout her writing life. Ranging from allegory to parable to autobiography, these stories show Sontag wrestling with problems beyond the essayistic form, her more customary mode. Here, she catches fragments of life on the fly, dramatizes her private griefs and fears, and lets characters take her where they will. The result is a collection of remarkable brilliance, versatility, and charm. Sontag's work has typically required time for people to catch up to it. These challenging works of literary art--made more urgent by the passage of years--await a new generation of readers.

Susan Sontag

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(New York, 1933-2004) writer, novelist, philosopher, essayist, professor, film director, and American screenwriter. She began her literary career in 1963 and established herself as one of the leading figures in the intellectual movements of the sixties. She is highly esteemed, both for her works and for her denunciation of major contemporary social and political issues. She has received several awards, including the Jerusalem Prize for her body of work in 2001 and in 2003 the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature and the Peace Prize, awarded by German booksellers.

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