Biography

SUSAN SONTAG: A Biography by by Daniel Schreiber, trans. David Dollenmayer. & Susan Sontag by by Jerome Boyd Maunsell

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March 2015, no. 369
Andrea Goldsmith reviews 'Susan Sontag' by Daniel Schreiber and 'Susan Sontag' by Jerome Boyd Maunsell

SUSAN SONTAG: A Biography

by by Daniel Schreiber, trans. David Dollenmayer.

Northwestern University Press, US$62.95 hb, 280 pp, 9780810125834

Susan Sontag

by by Jerome Boyd Maunsell

Reaktion Books (NewSouth), $29.99 pb, 214 pp, 9781780232881

Biography

SUSAN SONTAG: A Biography by by Daniel Schreiber, trans. David Dollenmayer. & Susan Sontag by by Jerome Boyd Maunsell

by •
March 2015, no. 369

At the age of eight I wanted to be a novelist. By the age of eighteen, having fallen in love with an intellectual, I aspired to be a novelist with sturdy intellectual credentials. There was much work to be done. My beloved set me a course of essential reading, including Susan Sontag’s first two essay collections and her two early novels.

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Andrea Goldsmith

Andrea Goldsmith is a Melbourne-based novelist and reviewer. Her novels include The Prosperous Thief (2002), which was short-listed for the Miles Franklin, the acclaimed Reunion, and The Memory Trap (2013), a novel of monuments, marriage, and music, awarded the Melbourne Prize in 2015. She also writes essays and articles, many of which are posted on her website: http://andreagoldsmith.com.au

Andrea Goldsmith reviews 'Susan Sontag' by Daniel Schreiber and 'Susan Sontag' by Jerome Boyd Maunsell

SUSAN SONTAG: A Biography

by by Daniel Schreiber, trans. David Dollenmayer.

Northwestern University Press, US$62.95 hb, 280 pp, 9780810125834

Susan Sontag

by by Jerome Boyd Maunsell

Reaktion Books (NewSouth), $29.99 pb, 214 pp, 9781780232881

Leave a comment
Andrea Goldsmith

Andrea Goldsmith is a Melbourne-based novelist and reviewer. Her novels include The Prosperous Thief (2002), which was short-listed for the Miles Franklin, the acclaimed Reunion, and The Memory Trap (2013), a novel of monuments, marriage, and music, awarded the Melbourne Prize in 2015. She also writes essays and articles, many of which are posted on her website: http://andreagoldsmith.com.au

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