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 by Susan Sontag avg rating 4.12 — 891 ratings — published 1977 18 editions |
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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 Other Essays by Susan Sontag avg rating 4.14 — 508 ratings — published 1981 11 editions |
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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 by Susan Sontag avg rating 3.20 — 301 ratings — published 1999 17 editions |
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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, 1947-1964 by Susan Sontag avg rating 3.91 — 170 ratings — published 2008 3 editions |
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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 Speeches by Susan Sontag avg rating 3.96 — 105 ratings — published 2007 6 editions |
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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
— Susan Sontag
"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)
— Susan Sontag (On Photography)
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