Sempre Susan

A Memoir of Susan Sontag

Biography & Memoir, Literary
Cover of the book Sempre Susan by Sigrid Nunez, Penguin Publishing Group
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Sigrid Nunez ISBN: 9780698172807
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group Publication: October 7, 2014
Imprint: Riverhead Books Language: English
Author: Sigrid Nunez
ISBN: 9780698172807
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication: October 7, 2014
Imprint: Riverhead Books
Language: English

**From the author of the The Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award.

A poignant, intimate memoir of one of America’s most esteemed and fascinating cultural figures, and a deeply felt tribute.**

Sigrid Nunez was an aspiring writer when she first met Susan Sontag, already a legendary figure known for her polemical essays, blinding intelligence, and edgy personal style. Sontag introduced Nunez to her son, the writer David Rieff, and the two began dating. Soon Nunez moved into the apartment that Rieff and Sontag shared. As Sontag told Nunez, “Who says we have to live like everyone else?”

Sontag’s influence on Nunez, who went on to become a successful novelist, would be profound. Described by Nunez as “a natural mentor” who saw educating others as both a moral obligation and a source of endless pleasure, Sontag inevitably infected those around her with her many cultural and intellectual passions. In this poignant, intimate memoir, Nunez speaks of her gratitude for having had, as an early model, “someone who held such an exalted, unironic view of the writer’s vocation.”

Published more than six years after Sontag’s death, Sempre Susan is a startlingly truthful portrait of this outsized personality, who made being an intellectual a glamorous occupation.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

**From the author of the The Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award.

A poignant, intimate memoir of one of America’s most esteemed and fascinating cultural figures, and a deeply felt tribute.**

Sigrid Nunez was an aspiring writer when she first met Susan Sontag, already a legendary figure known for her polemical essays, blinding intelligence, and edgy personal style. Sontag introduced Nunez to her son, the writer David Rieff, and the two began dating. Soon Nunez moved into the apartment that Rieff and Sontag shared. As Sontag told Nunez, “Who says we have to live like everyone else?”

Sontag’s influence on Nunez, who went on to become a successful novelist, would be profound. Described by Nunez as “a natural mentor” who saw educating others as both a moral obligation and a source of endless pleasure, Sontag inevitably infected those around her with her many cultural and intellectual passions. In this poignant, intimate memoir, Nunez speaks of her gratitude for having had, as an early model, “someone who held such an exalted, unironic view of the writer’s vocation.”

Published more than six years after Sontag’s death, Sempre Susan is a startlingly truthful portrait of this outsized personality, who made being an intellectual a glamorous occupation.

More books from Penguin Publishing Group

Cover of the book The Royal Family by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book Heaven Is Real by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book Astrid and Veronika by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book Walking on My Grave by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book Black Rose by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book The First Assistant by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book My Berlin Kitchen by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book You Buy the Peanut Butter, I'll Get the Bread by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book Seal Team Seven 10: Frontal Assault by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book The Broken Word by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book Slocum 373 by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book The Power to Harm by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book When You Are Old by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book Mrs. Jeffries Wins the Prize by Sigrid Nunez
Cover of the book Greyhounds Big and Small by Sigrid Nunez
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy