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87 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374520731
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication date: Not specified
A reader drawn to incisive critiques of societal narratives and the human experience of suffering, who seeks to confront the stigmatization of disease through eloquent, transformative discourse.
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In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as "one of the most liberating books of its time." A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding ce...
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informative: 90%
reflective: 60%
challenging: 50%
dark: 20%
tense: 20%
emotional: 10%
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87 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374520731
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Publication date: Not specified
A reader drawn to incisive critiques of societal narratives and the human experience of suffering, who seeks to confront the stigmatization of disease through eloquent, transformative discourse.
Description
In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as "one of the most liberating books of its time." A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding ce...
Community Reviews
Moods
informative: 90%
reflective: 60%
challenging: 50%
dark: 20%
tense: 20%
emotional: 10%
Pace
Content Warnings
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