Katrin Sontag

Features an analysis of our numbed response to images of horror. This title alters our thinking about the uses and meanings of images, and about the n

'The ultimate Camp statement: it's good because it's awful.' These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundarie

On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the

Includes ardent pieces on writers from the author's own private canon - Machado de Assis, Barthes, W G Sebald, Borges, Tsvetaeva and Elizabeth Hardwic

Features a critique of photography that asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. This title examines th

Contains sixteen essays. Reflecting on literature, photography and art, post 9/11 America and political activism, this title includes these essays tha

IJsland, 1956. De vijftienjarige Lára heeft een vakantiebaantje bij een echtpaar thuis op het kleine eiland Viðey, net voor de kust van de IJslandse h

Susan Sontag geldt bijna twintig jaar na haar dood nog steeds als een van de grootste, origineelste Amerikaanse denkers. Geen ander weet culturele fen

Migration, mobility, and globalization are transforming ways of working and living. Business activities, relationships and a sense of belonging are of

With the publication of her first book of criticism, Against Interpretation, in 1966, Susan Sontag placed herself at the forefront of an era of cultur

Argues that modern cultural conditions have given way to a critical approach to aesthetics.

'Magnificent... Her famous seriousness pervades throughout... What's striking is the astonishing scope, potential and possibility Sontag saw in short

Reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit

‘Nog altijd domineert Over fotografie het denken over fotografie. De schrijfstijl is vintage Sontag: trefzeker, stoer en stellig. Ze bracht de angsten

A story inspired by the emigration to America in 1876 of Helena Modrzejewska, Poland's most celebrated actress, accompanied by her husband, Count Karo

'I intend to do everything ...I shall anticipate pleasure everywhere and find it too, for it is everywhere! I shall involve myself wholly ...everythin

‘Sontag herinnert ons eraan dat scherp en onafhankelijk nadenken – over politiek, over kunst, over seks, over ziekte – meer is dan een teken van intel

What happened to Lara? Iceland, 1956. Fourteen-year-old Lara spends the summer on the small island of Videy, just off the coast of Reykjavík. In