{"product_id":"at-the-same-time-susan-sontag-9780312426712","title":"At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches","description":"\u003cp\u003eSontag's incisive intelligence, expressive brilliance, and deep curiosity about art, politics, and the writer's responsibility to bear witness have secured her place as one of the most important thinkers and writers of the twentieth century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt the Same Time\u003c\/i\u003e gathers sixteen essays and speeches written in the last years of Sontag's life, when her work was being honored on the international stage. She writes of the freedom of literature, about courage and resistance, and fearlessly addresses the dilemmas of post-9\/11 America, from the degradation of our political rhetoric to the appalling torture of prisoners in Abu Ghraib. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDavid Rieff describes his mother's passion in his foreword: \"She wanted to experience everything, taste everything, go everywhere, do everything. Indeed, if I had only one word with which to evoke her, it would be \u003ci\u003eavidity.\u003c\/i\u003e . . . I think that, for her, the joy of living and the joy of knowing really were one and the same.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Sontag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0312426712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312426712\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/26\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.56w x 0.70d","brand":"Susan Sontag","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43987285082367,"sku":"9780312426712","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5be6045f-2fc6-442c-859a-616c49e7bf51.jpg?v=1683288069","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-same-time-susan-sontag-9780312426712","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}