{"product_id":"reborn-early-diaries-1947-1963-0141045191","title":"Reborn: Early Diaries, 1947-1963","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0141045191\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Susan Sontag\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReborn\u003c\/i\u003e is the compelling and frank early diary of Susan Sontag.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Vivid, exhilarating, often moving . . . charts the development of a good writer and an important critic'\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I intend to do everything . . . I shall anticipate pleasure everywhere and find it too, for it is everywhere! I shall involve myself wholly . . .everything matters!'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first selection from Susan Sontag's diaries (from 1947-1963) takes us from early adolescence though to when Sontag was in her early thirties. It is an astonishingly affecting, honest self-portrait which is also a fascinating, revealing account of an artist and critic being born. We see Sontag honing her skills and fashioning herself, by a supreme act of will, into an intellectual force.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating. One can feel Sontag's mind beginning to ripen and bloom, and the full force of the intellectual originality that would be her hallmark emerging' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Inspirational. Sontag shows us not just the importance, but the exhilaration of being earnest' \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fascinating document of her apprenticeship, charting her earnest quest for education, identity, and voice. \u003ci\u003eReborn \u003c\/i\u003eis overwhelmingly a record of an inner landscape' \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the finest American writers, thinkers, and political activists of the past four decades . . . an intimate portrait of her early life' \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of America's best-known and most admired writers, Susan Sontag was also a leading commentator on contemporary culture until her death in December 2004. Her books include four novels and numerous works of non-fiction, among them \u003ci\u003eRegarding the Pain of Others\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOn Photography\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIllness as Metaphor\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAt the Same Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAgainst Interpretation and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReborn: Early Diaries 1947-1963\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e all of which are published by Penguin. A further eight books, including the collections of essays \u003ci\u003eUnder the Sign of Saturn\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWhere the Stress Falls\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novels \u003ci\u003eThe Volcano Lover\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Benefactor\u003c\/i\u003e, are available from Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eNew | Mint Condition | Dispatch same day for order received before 12 noon | Guaranteed packaging | No quibbles returns\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51533914505504,"sku":"NEW0141045191","price":22.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71hTrQ6Cc9L.jpg?v=1777354474","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/reborn-early-diaries-1947-1963-0141045191","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}