Where the Stress Falls
Author | : Susan Sontag |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 2013-05-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780141976532 |
ISBN-13 | : 0141976535 |
Rating | : 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Download or read book Where the Stress Falls written by Susan Sontag and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where the Stress Falls is divided into three sections: the first, 'Reading', includes ardent pieces on writers from Sontag's own private canon - Machado de Assis, Barthes, W. G. Sebald, Borges, Tsvetaeva and Elizabeth Hardwick. In the second, 'Seeing', she shares her passions for film, dance, photography, painting, opera and theatre. And in the final section, 'There and Here', Sontag explores her own commitments to the work (and activism) of conscience and to the vocation of the writer.