{"product_id":"on-women-susan-sontag-9781250876850","title":"On Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag's writing on women, gathering early essays on aging, equality, beauty, sexuality, and fascism \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSusan Sontag was one of the most formidable, original, and influential thinkers of the last century. \"The most interesting ideas are heresies,\" she remarked, and indeed, her writing rejects the familiar and refuses party lines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn Women \u003c\/i\u003epresents seven essays and exchanges, spanning a range of subjects: the challenges and humiliations women face as they age; the relationship between women's liberation and class struggle; beauty, which Sontag calls \"that over-rich brew of so many familiar opposites\"; feminism; fascism; and film. Taken together, these pieces--relentlessly curious, historically precise, politically robust, and allergic to easy categorization Sontag's inimitable mind at work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Sontag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250876850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250876850\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/02\/2023","brand":"Susan Sontag","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071348306175,"sku":"9781250876850","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e6e8cc0a-2155-48e3-966f-63748b0d192b.jpg?v=1685435573","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-women-susan-sontag-9781250876850","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}