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  • Published: 13 February 2020
  • ISBN: 9780241954461
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $35.00

As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh

Diaries 1964-1980




Intimate journal entries that trace the artistic and political development of a leading mind of our time

From the graphic destruction of war-torn Vietnam to her tumultuous romantic affairs, in the second volume of her diaries, Sontag is profoundly candid and insightful. This instalment charts the years when Sontag wrote the majority of her renowned essays, including the ground-breaking Against Interpretation in 1966. Riveting and enlightening, As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh illuminates the mind of one of the twentieth century's most significant intellectuals.

  • Published: 13 February 2020
  • ISBN: 9780241954461
  • Imprint: Penguin General UK
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 544
  • RRP: $35.00

About the author

Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag was born in Manhattan in 1933 and studied at the universities of Chicago, Harvard and Oxford. Her non-fiction works include On Photography, Regarding the Pain of Others and At the Same Time. She was also the author of four novels, including The Volcano Lover and In America, as well as a collection of stories and several plays. She was awarded the Jerusalem Prize, and received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Literature and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. She died in December 2004.

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Praise for As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh

Revelatory in the most profound sense

The Times

Gold dust

Sunday Times