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Publication date. 1999. Media type. Print ( hardcover and paperback) In America is a 1999 novel by Susan Sontag. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. [1] It is based on the true story of Polish actress Helena Modjeska (called Maryna Zalewska in the book), her arrival in California in 1876, and her ascendancy to American stardom.
Children. David Rieff. Website. www .susansontag .com. Susan Lee Sontag ( / ˈsɒntæɡ /; January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American writer, critic, and public intellectual. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay " Notes on 'Camp' ", in 1964.
The book traces the history of U.S. foreign policy and military successes and failures from Franklin Roosevelt's administration through the Obama administration. The authors tell the story of what they describe as the unique role the United States has played as a defender of freedom throughout the world since World War II . [ 176 ]
Canongate Books. Publication date. 13 August 2020. ISBN. 978-0-525-55948-1. OCLC. 1255441549. The Midnight Library is a fantasy novel by Matt Haig, published on 13 August 2020 by Canongate Books. [ 1] It was abridged and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 over ten episodes in December 2020.
George Cram Cook (1913–24†) companion, Norman Matson (1924–32) Signature. Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist, journalist and actress. With her husband George Cram Cook, she founded the Provincetown Players, [1] the first modern American theatre company. [2]
9781984801340. Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History is a nonfiction book by Kurt Andersen, published in August 2020. It entered The New York Times Best Seller list for nonfiction at number 7, [1] The Washington Post list at number 9, [2] and the Los Angeles Times list at number 5. [3] In January 2021, Evil Geniuses was ...
Susan Neiman ( / ˈnaɪmən /; born March 27, 1955) is an American moral philosopher, cultural commentator, and essayist. She has written extensively on the juncture between Enlightenment moral philosophy, metaphysics, and politics, both for scholarly audiences and the general public. She currently lives in Germany, where she is the Director of ...
v. t. e. De la démocratie en Amérique ( French pronunciation: [dəla demɔkʁasi ɑ̃n‿ameˈʁik]; published in two volumes, the first in 1835 [1] and the second in 1840) [2] is a classic French work by Alexis de Tocqueville. Its title can be translated literally as Of Democracy in America. In the book, Tocqueville examines the democratic ...