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kabukiorigin's review against another edition
DNF. Was hoping for the wit and insight Sontag is famous for, but I've not been able to get engaged. I got this collection because I couldn't find the more well-known and recommended volumes. Many are out of print.
floreana's review against another edition
3.0
los ensayos que más me gustaron fueron aquellos en los que sontag sacaba la lista de todas las razones por las cuales estados unidos es una basura. hubieron otros que me llevaron a creer que muchos fueron escritos esperando que el lector tenga un mayor vagaje que el que yo cargo con mis dieciocho añitos. sin embargo, lo disfruté y aprendí un montón. me llevo recomendaciones y ganas de leer algo más de susan en el futuro.
mescalero_at_bat's review against another edition
3.0
i read several of the essays in this collection - just picking the ones on themes that interested me - and i enjoyed them. sontag is good at what she does - delivering a sober account of a thing that is well researched. she can be a bit dry, but that doesn't bother me so much - it's nice when someone like DFW can write critically and obviously enjoy himself while doing it - but that isn't necessary. i guess i tend to come away from pieces by sontag feeling like i've learned something, but didn't necessarily enjoy the lesson.
batrock's review against another edition
3.0
A better example of posthumously published essays, Sontag wanted these ones collected. Sontag writes where her interests take her, but she takes the reader with her. It's a skill, and it served her well.
inphemeral's review against another edition
5.0
It has been a long time since I've read such a well written book. If you really love reading and you care a lot about form, structure and the use of argumentation in essays this is definitely a must read. It has pushed my thoughts beyond my current comfortable state of mind.
talypollywaly's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.25
Excellent literary essays.
Sontag made me interested in subjects I knew absolutely nothing about. The political essays were refreshing to read for the time they were published in, but she contradicts herself at times and that was off-putting.
Sontag made me interested in subjects I knew absolutely nothing about. The political essays were refreshing to read for the time they were published in, but she contradicts herself at times and that was off-putting.
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Minor: Torture
rltinha's review against another edition
4.0
Quando a Susan Sontag escreve sobre literatura não dá qualquer margem para o alheamento. Tudo nela e na sua abordagem é investimento pleno e dedicação inata ao que toma tanto como missão como prazer.
Ler literatura é estar só comungando do âmago de outrem. É conhecer o mundo adensando a todo o momento os motivos do merecimento de um certificado de ignorância. Ler sobre a literatura segundo a perspectiva de Sontag é sentir uma companhia flagrante nessa tal tarefa solitária.
Ler literatura é estar só comungando do âmago de outrem. É conhecer o mundo adensando a todo o momento os motivos do merecimento de um certificado de ignorância. Ler sobre a literatura segundo a perspectiva de Sontag é sentir uma companhia flagrante nessa tal tarefa solitária.
dinguini's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Her essays on culture/literature are interesting, at times brilliant. The political ones leave much to be desired.
caterpillarnotebooks's review against another edition
5.0
makes me believe in what I know is true again