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Benjamin Moser’s portrait of Susan Sontag surveys the life of one of the twentieth‑century’s most emblematic American writers. Drawing on the author’s restricted archives, hundreds of interviews from places ranging from Maui to Sarajevo, and nearly a hundred images—including work by Annie Leibovitz—Moser explores Sontag’s public brilliance alongside her private insecurities, her relationships, and her struggles with sexuality. The biography situates her essays and essays on art, politics, feminism, homosexuality, medicine, and culture within the broader contexts of the Cuban Revolution, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the Vietnam War, rendering a nuanced view of her legacy as both an activist and a chronicler of modern American life.
First publish date: 2019
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Benjamin Moser
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