{"product_id":"susan-sontag-the-collected-essays-isbn-9781598538595","title":"Susan Sontag: The Collected Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Library of America presents its authoritative two-volume edition of America's most provocative critic in a deluxe collector's boxed set.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIncludes \u003ci\u003eAgainst Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRegarding the Pain of Others\u003c\/i\u003e, and 6 other classic Sontag collections.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSusan Sontag was an incandescent presence in American culture, whether as essayist, fiction writer, filmmaker, or political activist. As a critic, she became the most provocative and influential voice of her time. More than a commentator on her era, she helped shape it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere for the first time is Library of America's authoritative two-volume edition of Susan Sontag's brilliant essays in deluxe collector's boxed set. Includes 9 complete collections and six uncollected essays:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVollume I: Essays of the 1960s \u0026amp; 70s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgainst Interpretation • Styles of Radical Will • On Photography • Illness as Metaphor • \u003c\/i\u003euncollected essays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Volume II: Later Essays\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnder the Sign of Saturn • AIDS and Its Metaphors • Where the Stress Falls • Regarding the Pain of Others\u003ci\u003e • At the Same Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach cloth hardcover volume comes complete with helpful annotation,  detailed textual essays, and a chronology of Sontag's remarkable life and career prepared by her son, the writer David Rieff.\u003cb\u003eSusn Sontag\u003c\/b\u003e (1933–2004) was the author of four novels, a collection of stories, several plays, and nine works of criticism, among them \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Books Critics Circle Award for criticism. In 2001, Sontag was awarded the Jerusalem Prize for the body of her work. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Rieff\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eSwimming in a Sea of Death: A Son’s Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e and the editor of the journals and notebook of Susan Sontag, of which two volumes have appeared to date. His many other books include \u003ci\u003eAt the Point of a Gun: Democratic Dreams and Armed Intervention\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532193706213,"sku":"NP9781598538595","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781598538595.jpg?v=1773183008","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/susan-sontag-the-collected-essays-isbn-9781598538595","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}