Susan Sontag






Susan Sontag

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born
January 16, 1933

died
December 28, 2004

gender
female

place of birth
New York, New York, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction, Politics


about this author

Jewish American literary theorist, novelist, filmmaker, and feminist activist.




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On Photography On Photography
by Susan Sontag
avg rating 4.12 — 891 ratings — published 1977
18 editions
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Regarding the Pain of Others Regarding the Pain of Others
by Susan Sontag
avg rating 3.96 — 605 ratings — published 2003
9 editions
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Against Interpretation: And Ot... Against Interpretation: And Other Essays
by Susan Sontag
avg rating 4.14 — 508 ratings — published 1981
11 editions
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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS a... Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
by Susan Sontag
avg rating 3.97 — 398 ratings — published 1989
9 editions
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In America: A Novel In America: A Novel
by Susan Sontag
avg rating 3.20 — 301 ratings — published 1999
17 editions
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The Volcano Lover: A Romance The Volcano Lover: A Romance
by Susan Sontag
avg rating 3.56 — 252 ratings — published 1992
17 editions
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Reborn: Journals and Notebooks... Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1964
by Susan Sontag
avg rating 3.91 — 170 ratings — published 2008
3 editions
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Illness As Metaphor Illness As Metaphor
by Susan Sontag
avg rating 3.95 — 109 ratings — published 1978
11 editions
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At the Same Time: Essays and S... At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches
by Susan Sontag
avg rating 3.96 — 105 ratings — published 2007
6 editions
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I, etcetera: Stories I, etcetera: Stories
by Susan Sontag
avg rating 3.74 — 110 ratings — published 1978
12 editions
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"Do stuff. be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration's shove or society's kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It's all about paying attention. attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. stay eager."
Susan Sontag
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"Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art. "
Susan Sontag
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"To photograph people is to violate them, by seeing them as they never see themselves, by having knowledge of them that they can never have; it turns people into objects that can be symbolically possessed. Just as a camera is a sublimation of the gun, to photograph someone is a subliminal murder - a soft murder, appropriate to a sad, frightened time."
Susan Sontag (On Photography)
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