On Women

bySusan Sontag, Laurel Lefkow (Read by)

A new collection of feminist essays from the influential writer, activist and critic, Susan Sontag

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A brilliant new collection of essays on the oppression of women and the tools necessary for liberation from highly-acclaimed author Susan Sontag. Often regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, Sontag's writing is breathtakingly clear, stylish and intellectually exhilarating.

First written in the 1970s during the height of second-wave feminism, On Women examines the 'biological division of labour', the double standard for ageing and the struggle for real power, topics which are strikingly relevant to our contemporary conversations.

This collection of lost essays from Susan Sontag is a revelation.

It's her clarity that can make you gasp, combined with her confidence . . . what shines through this book is the extraordinary suppleness of her mind . . . She articulated, in punchy, matter-of-fact prose, thoughts that for most of us would stay at best half-formed

Christina Patterson, Sunday Times

About 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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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780241997161
  • Length: 378 minutes
  • Price: £13.00
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