Susan Sontag
Subtitle: the making of an icon
By: Carl Rollyson and Lisa Paddock.
Contributors: Paddock, Lisa Olson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Sontag, Susan, 1933-; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.; United States -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "The first biography delves beneath the surface to examine the forces that made Susan Sontag an international icon. Carl Rollyson and Lisa Paddock explore her public persona and private passions, including the strategies behind her meteoric rise to fame and her political moves and missteps. Above all, they show how the life of Susan Sontag reveals to us the way we live now."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.