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As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks, 1964-1980 Paperback – July 30, 2013

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From the turbulent years of her trip to Hanoi at the peak of the Vietnam War to her time making films in Sweden and up to the eve of the 1980 election, As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh documents the evolution of an extraordinary mind. The 1966 publication of Against Interpretation propelled Susan Sontag from the periphery of New York City's artistic and intellectual milieu into the international spotlight, solidifying her place as a dominant force in the world of ideas. These entries are an invaluable record of the inner workings of one of the most inquisitive and analytical thinkers of the twentieth century.

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July 30, 2013
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“These journals present the opportunity to delve deeply into the soul of Susan Sontag….Magnificent.” ―Nancy D. Kates, San Francisco Chronicle

“If Reborn is Sontag's precocious coming-to, this sequel finds her there, a somebody….She fills her journals with flinty thoughts….It's impossible to read these journals and not experience the warmer side of her ambition: her deep admiration for certain artists around her, her animating wish to encourage and promote.” ―Emily Greenhouse, The New Yorker

“A little like her criticism, her diary entries combine her interests with bright, aphoristic turns of phrase....These diaries are a reminder of the value of the work that made her great, and also mysterious---partly (and forever)---escaping from view.” ―The Economist

About the Author

Susan Sontag was the author of four novels, including The Benefactor, Death Kit, The Volcano Lover, and In America, which won the 2000 National Book Award for fiction; a collection of stories, I, etcetera; several plays, including Alice in Bed; and nine works of essays, among then On Photography, which won the National Books Critics Circle Award for criticism. In 2001, Sontag was awarded the Jerusalem Prize for the body of her work. She died in New York City in 2004.

David Rieff is a New York-based journalist and author. During the nineteen-nineties, he covered conflicts in Africa (Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Liberia), the Balkans (Bosnia and Kosovo), and Central Asia. Now a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, he has written extensively about Iraq, and, more recently, about Latin America. He is the author of eight books, including Slaughterhouse: Bosnia and the Failure of the West and A Bed for the Night: Humanitarianism in Crisis. His memoir of his mother’s final illness, Swimming in a Sea of Death, appeared in January 2008. Based in New York City, Rieff is currently working on a book about the global food crisis.

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ASIN : 1250024129
Publisher : Picador; First edition (July 30, 2013)
Language : English
Paperback : 544 pages
ISBN-10 : 9781250024121
ISBN-13 : 978-1250024121
Item Weight : 13.6 ounces
Dimensions : 5.69 x 1 x 8.22 inches

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David B.

I think this volume, and its predecessor, are ...

Reviewed in the United States on October 22, 2015

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I think this volume, and its predecessor, are the only diaries I have ever read. It must nearly always be a thrill to see “the man behind the curtain” when reading diaries, and maybe especially in this case, given how carefully crafted Susan Sontag’s public writing and persona were. Before reading these volumes I was afraid they would confirm the impression given me from reading "Sempre Susan," by Sigrid Nunez, that Sontag lacked insight into herself and was psychologically kind of shallow. Both volumes roundly disconfirm this. I think her insights into herself were as incisive and penetrating as her cultural criticism was. There is an exquisitely rich, 20-something page analysis of her relationship with her mother somewhere in the middle of the second volume that is something to behold. It’s a little heartbreaking that such insight didn’t lead to greater peace of mind. In any case, I found these diaries exhilarating to read. Her language, gifts of metaphor, and laser sharp analysis are magical.

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Valuable Collection

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2012

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The second volume of Susan Sontag's collected journals is an extraordinary testament to her brilliance and devotion to the creative life. This volume presents the perhaps the most productive and significant phase of her career as she publishes the major essays that were to appear in Against Interpretation. Here we find a truly voracious artist and intellectual-a thinker struggling with the tumultuous events of her time and struggling to develop a unique voice. Of course, we are entitled to see her lists-lists of authors, of movies, endless lists cataloging the trajectory of her creative life. There are really great and moving passages here-passages of vulnerability and self-doubt. Her personal life emerges as fairly frought and precarious. I was also suprised to see a great paucity of entries detailing her battle with cancer. Her son, David Rieff, has edited this collection. His comments reduce her work to that of a political commentator. I do not fully agree with his judgment that the reflections and entries about her trip to Vietnam are wise and incisive. And her trajectory as a political thinker was actually rather average for her generation. Yet was remains here, I believe, was the life of a real intellectual and artist. A thinker who devoted her undeniable gifts to novels, stories, film, and among the greatest American essays in modern letters.

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Ron Heard

I am hopelessly addicted to journals and memoirs, and ...

Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2015

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I am hopelessly addicted to journals and memoirs, and Ms. Sontag. I was startled to discover her legendary ability to critique but her apparent inability to personally write noteworthy prose. A lesson to us all. Find your niche and follow it with the same passion and insight as Ms. Sontag and quit spinning your wheels.

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Jorge Lopez-Colome

Innermost look at a woman's soul

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Moving, very informative of era's art world and characters. Surprisingly open about lesbian love and mother daughter competition. Hints at seeds for Suicide Kit novel's inspirational sub-conscious roots.. It changed me...

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Darsen

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Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2014

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Her journals are dense and an education in themselves...worth the lists she endlessly makes: what to see, listen to, view and read. A good investment, especially off Amazon.

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Sandra Y. Jenkins

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Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2015

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No Susan Sontag fan should be without it. Hey David Rieff, When is the 3rd volume coming out?

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Fernanda S.

inspiring!

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2012

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It is known that Susan was hungry for words, was an avid consumer of culture and generator of knowledge - here we are able to see a bit more of the woman, now more mature, behind the books, chronicles and essays.

If you are looking for inspiration, give this book a try.

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