{"product_id":"illness-as-metaphor-and-aids-and-its-metaphors-paperback","title":"Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors - 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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Sontag's celebrated essays on cancer and AIDS now available in one volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1978, Sontag wrote \u003ci\u003eIllness as Metaphor\u003c\/i\u003e, a classic work described by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e as \"one of the most liberating books of its time.\" A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, Sontag shows cancer for what it is--just a disease. Cancer, she argues, is not a curse, not a punishment, certainly not an embarrassment; and it is highly curable, if good treatment is followed. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlmost a decade later, with the outbreak of a new, stigmatized disease replete with mystifications and punitive metaphors, Sontag wrote a sequel to \u003ci\u003eIllness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eas Metaphor\u003c\/i\u003e, extending the argument of the earlier book to the AIDS pandemic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese two essays now published together, \u003ci\u003eIllness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eas Metaphor \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAIDS and Its Metaphors\u003c\/i\u003e, have been translated into many languages and continue to have an enormous influence on the thinking of medical professionals and, above all, on the lives of many thousands of patients and caregivers.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan Sontag \u003c\/b\u003e(1933-2004) was the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including the groundbreaking collection of essays \u003ci\u003eAgainst Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e, and of four novels, including \u003ci\u003eIn America\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the National Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 8.19 x 5.53 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 15, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44807529922662,"sku":"9781250374738","price":25.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/s-3toihWX39781250374738.webp?v=1771480449","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/illness-as-metaphor-and-aids-and-its-metaphors-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}