The Benefactor, Susan Sontag's first book and first novel, originally published in 1963, introduced a unique writer to the world. In the form of a memoir by a latter-day Candide named Hippolyte, The Benefactor leads us on a kind of psychic Grand Tour, in which Hippolyte's violently imaginative dream life becomes indistinguishable from his surprising experiences in the 'real world.' Sontag's novel supplies a fascinating, knowing, acerbic portrait of a certain bohemian demimonde that flourished in France until quite recently. More important, The Benefactor is a novel about ideas-especially religious ideas-unlike any other: funny, acrobatic, disturbing, profound.
Sobre o autor(a)
Sontag, Susan
SUSAN SONTAG nasceu em Nova York, em 1933, e morreu na mesma cidade, em 2004. Cursou filosofia na Universidade de Chicago e fez pós-graduação em Harvard. Seus livros foram traduzidos para mais de trinta línguas. Escreveu ensaios e romances, além de dirigir filmes e peças. |