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Riverhead Books, Date: 2014-10-07. Paperback. New. Riverhead Books ISBN 1594633347 9781594633348 [US]

ISBN10: 1594633347, ISBN13: 9781594633348, [publisher: Penguin Books] Softcover pp. 128
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]

Riverhead Books, Date: 2014-10-07. Paperback. Used:Good. Riverhead Books ISBN 1594633347 9781594633348 [US]

ISBN10: 1594633347, ISBN13: 9781594633348, [publisher: Penguin Publishing Group] Softcover Sigrid Nunez has published six critically acclaimed novels, including The Friend,&#160The Last of Her Kind and Salvation City. She has contributed to The New York Times, Harper&rsquos, and McSweeney&rsquos.
[Greven, Germany] [Publication Year: 2014]
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Riverhead Books, Date: 2014. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 118 pages. 7.00x5.00x0.25 inches. 2014. Riverhead Books ISBN 1594633347 9781594633348 [GB]

ISBN10: 1594633347, ISBN13: 9781594633348, [publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc, New York] Softcover Paperback. 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.From the author ofThe Friend, winner of the 2018 National Book Award."The masterpiece of the 'I knew Susan' minigenre" - A.O. Scott, The New York TimesA poignant, intimate memoir of one of America's most esteemed and fascinating cultural ...