{"product_id":"sempre-susan-a-memoir-of-susan-sontag-by-sigrid-nunez","title":"Sempre Susan A Memoir of Susan Sontag by Sigrid Nunez","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Friend\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2018 National Book Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The masterpiece of the ‘I knew Susan’ minigenre\" – A.O. Scott, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA poignant, intimate memoir of one of America’s most esteemed and fascinating cultural figures, and a deeply felt tribute.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Published more than six years after Sontag’s death, \u003ci\u003eSempre Susan \u003c\/i\u003eis a startlingly truthful portrait of this outsized personality, who made being an intellectual a glamorous occupation.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43016113946687,"sku":null,"price":15.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/8626\/8223\/files\/20782033482755.jpg?v=1773744264","url":"https:\/\/bookconnection.com.au\/products\/sempre-susan-a-memoir-of-susan-sontag-by-sigrid-nunez","provider":"The Book Connection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}