New Releases by Susan Sontag

A discussion of the ways in which illness is regarded pays particular attention to fantasies that pertain to cancer and AIDS.

Bataille''s first novel, published under the pseudonym ''Lord Auch'', is still his most notorious work. In this explicit pornographic fantasy, the young male narrator and his lovers Simone and Marcelle embark on a sexual quest involving sadism, torture, orgies, madness and defilement, culminating in a final act of transgression. Shocking and sacreligious, Story of the Eye is the fullest expression of Bataille''s obsession with the closeness of sex, violence and death. Yet it is also hallucinogenic in its power, and is one of the erotic classics of the twentieth century.

En 1873, un groupe de Polonais, emmené par Maryna Zalezowska, la plus grande actrice de Pologne, émigre aux Etats-Unis et voyage jusqu''en Californie pour y fonder une communauté fouriériste. Maryna, qui a renoncé à sa carrière pour cette aventure, est accompagnée de son fils, de son mari et d''un jeune écrivain amoureux d''elle. Quand cette aventure échoue, presque tous les Polonais retournent en Pologne. Mais Maryna apprend l''anglais et, ayant changé de nom, s''engage dans une brillante carrière aux Etats-Unis. Elle formera sa propre compagnie, traversera les Etats-Unis et aura comme partenaire Edwin Booth, le plus grand acteur américain de l''époque. Ce grand roman, dans lequel se croisent personnages de fiction et personnages historiques, est la reconstitution brillante d''une époque, d''un pays et de l''univers du théâtre. C''est aussi une réflexion grave sur la force du destin, sur la création, sur l''art dramatique et Shakespeare, et sur la mort.

Collections of interviews with notable modern writers

O amante do vulcão, terceiro romance de Susan Sontag, incorpora contradições no mínimo instigantes. TRata-se de uma história realista, moderna em sua polifonia de vozes narrativas. NEla se agitam personagens históricos desentranhados da fase heróica do período romântico: o final do século XVIII. SIr William Hamilton, embaixador britânico no Reino das Duas Sicílias, sua segunda mulher, Emma, humilde porém belíssima cortesã inglesa guindada à posição de confidente e conselheira de uma rainha, e o maior herói marítimo da Inglaterra, lord Nelson, são os míticos protagonistas desta narrativa histórico-ficcional. A Compulsão de redesenhá-los em escala humana, imperativo tipicamente ensaístico, só fez aumentar a voltagem dramática das peripécias em que se vêem envolvidos. SEm dúvida, temos aqui uma história apaixonante sobre pessoas apaixonadas. "É um livro de mestre, um belo espetáculo: vasto, colorido, interessante, e que faz pensar."Roberto Schwarz"Um romance de idéias passional e muitas vezes radical que proporciona todos os antigos prazeres do romance histórico tradicional."New York Times

Die Autorin Susan Sontag untersucht die Bilder, die wir von Krankheit haben, die mit dem Tod gleichgesetzt und als Verhängnis mystifizier werden.

A series of essays about the meaning and career of photographs.

"In May of 1968, Susan Sontag visited Hanoi. The report of her trip is neither a political treatise nor a travelogue, but a sensitive observer''s response to a world totally foreign to the Western mind. During her trip, Susan Sontag discovered her preconception of North Vietnam and it''s people had little relevance to the actual situation. By reassessing her own point of view, Miss Sontag creates a startling picture of life in Hanoi"--P. 4 of cover.

Collection consists of Susan Sontag''s library of approximately 16,000 volumes and includes books used in the research for her writings, as well as her own personal library of reading material.