{"product_id":"reborn-early-diaries-1947-1963-p-b","title":"Susan Sontag: Reborn: Early Diaries 1947-1963 [2009] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could do to any person; I create myself.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntimate, vulnerable and unsparing, R\u003ci\u003eeborn\u003c\/i\u003e bears witness to the evolution of Susan Sontag.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith entries dating from 1947-1963, the first instalment from Susan Sontag's diaries charts her ascension from early adolescence to her early thirties. Unabashed, though thoroughly self-reflective, Sontag's diaries reveal the inner workings of her mind, her insecurities and her passions. This compelling account of the evolution of America's greatest post-war intellectual allows us to behold the moral and political awakening of the artist and critic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An exceptionally vivid, and often moving, account of a young woman's painful journey towards acceptance of her own nature.' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Moving on several levels . . .  thrilling . . . fascinating . . . often reads like a brilliant postmodern bildungsroman' \u003ci\u003eNew York Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One can feel Sontag's mind beginning to ripen and bloom, and the full force of the intellectual originality that would be her hallmark emerging' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sontag, Susan \u0026 Rieff, David","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44215975674146,"sku":"9780141045191","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/sontag-susan-rieff-david-susan-sontag-reborn-early-diaries-1947-1963-2009-paperback-9780141045191-58412935905619.jpg?v=1726375280","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/reborn-early-diaries-1947-1963-p-b","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}