{"product_id":"at-the-same-time-essays-and-speeches-paperback","title":"At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Sontag\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaolo Dilonardo\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnne Jump\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSontag's incisive intelligence, expressive brilliance, and deep curiosity about art, politics, and the writer's responsibility to bear witness have secured her place as one of the most important thinkers and writers of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the Same Time\u003c\/i\u003e gathers sixteen essays and speeches written in the last years of Sontag's life, when her work was being honored on the international stage. She writes of the freedom of literature, about courage and resistance, and fearlessly addresses the dilemmas of post-9\/11 America, from the degradation of our political rhetoric to the appalling torture of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Rieff describes his mother's passion in his foreword: She wanted to experience everything, taste everything, go everywhere, do everything. Indeed, if I had only one word with which to evoke her, it would be \u003ci\u003eavidity.\u003c\/i\u003e . . . I think that, for her, the joy of living and the joy of knowing really were one and the same.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Sontag\u003c\/b\u003e immediately became a major figure of our culture with the publication in 1966 of the pathbreaking collection of essays \u003ci\u003eAgainst Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e. She went on to write four novels, including \u003ci\u003eIn America\u003c\/i\u003e (2000), which won the National Book Award for Fiction, as well as a collection of stories, several plays, and seven subsequent works of nonfiction, among them \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e (1977), \u003ci\u003eIllness as Metaphor\u003c\/i\u003e (1978), and \u003ci\u003eRegarding the Pain of Others\u003c\/i\u003e (2003). Her many international honors included the Jerusalem Prize (2001) and the Friedenspreis (Peace Prize) of the German Book Trade (2003). She died in New York City on December 28, 2004.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.24 x 5.56 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 26, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45330753945702,"sku":"9780312426712","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/M0xpRnpCMnFyTEJ5SlQxRjlpS0xzZz09.webp?v=1774378170","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/at-the-same-time-essays-and-speeches-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}