I, Etcetera - Softcover

Sontag, Susan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099388812 ISBN 13: 9780099388814

Publisher: Vintage, 1996

Synopsis

The eight short stories in I, Etcetera reflect a vital and restless imagination cooking away in several directions-There is an abundance of those startling ironies and wry, quirky jokes that make Susan Sontag so tempting to quote-The book possesses its own kind of spirit and nerve, and it takes some magnificent chances' Anne Tyler, The New Republic

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Review

"These short stories establish Sontag's originality . . . her unique vision, her success with experiments in the form . . . Sontag makes a wonderful stew of the past, the life caught in memory and imagination, serves it all up lavishly laced with silences, and provides us with a gourmand's series of short courses."--Doris Grumbach, "Los Angeles Times"
"The eight stories in "I, etcetera" reflect a vital and restless imagination cooking away in several directions . . . There is an abundance of those startling ironies and wry, quirky jokes that make Susan Sontag so tempting to quote . . . [The Book] possesses its own kind of spirit and nerve, and it takes some magnificent chances."--Anne Tyler, "The New Republic "
"The book not only confronts and explores the life which is traveled rather than lives, it records a life fully lives in the face of all such doubts. No pain or horror is avoided, no occasion for despair is ducked . . . 'Debriefing, ' the most moving story in the book, [is] surely a small masterpiece."--Michael Wood, "The New York Review of Books"
"Susan Sontag's collection of short stories is a pleasure to read--inventive, witty, intelligent . . . She embraces our language and the accumulation of our culture. She hears everything--echoes of dead rhetoric; glorious cliches that deaden our response to castles, sunsets, bays--and hears everywhere an elevation of the daily commonplace in the grand tour that must never end."--"The Saturday Review"
"The story 'Unguided Tour' is Miss Sontag's apotheosis as a fiction writer . . . Susan Sontag, the literary and social critic, is entirely at home in fiction, is exhilarated, even transfigured by it.""--"Anatole Broyard, " The New York Times"

These short stories establish Sontag's originality . . . her unique vision, her success with experiments in the form . . . Sontag makes a wonderful stew of the past, the life caught in memory and imagination, serves it all up lavishly laced with silences, and provides us with a gourmand's series of short courses. "Doris Grumbach, Los Angeles Times"

The eight stories in "I, etcetera" reflect a vital and restless imagination cooking away in several directions . . . There is an abundance of those startling ironies and wry, quirky jokes that make Susan Sontag so tempting to quote . . . [The Book] possesses its own kind of spirit and nerve, and it takes some magnificent chances. "Anne Tyler, The New Republic"

The book not only confronts and explores the life which is traveled rather than lives, it records a life fully lives in the face of all such doubts. No pain or horror is avoided, no occasion for despair is ducked . . . 'Debriefing, ' the most moving story in the book, [is] surely a small masterpiece. "Michael Wood, The New York Review of Books"

Susan Sontag's collection of short stories is a pleasure to read--inventive, witty, intelligent . . . She embraces our language and the accumulation of our culture. She hears everything--echoes of dead rhetoric; glorious cliches that deaden our response to castles, sunsets, bays--and hears everywhere an elevation of the daily commonplace in the grand tour that must never end. "The Saturday Review"

The story 'Unguided Tour' is Miss Sontag's apotheosis as a fiction writer . . . Susan Sontag, the literary and social critic, is entirely at home in fiction, is exhilarated, even transfigured by it. "Anatole Broyard, The New York Times""

-These short stories establish Sontag's originality . . . her unique vision, her success with experiments in the form . . . Sontag makes a wonderful stew of the past, the life caught in memory and imagination, serves it all up lavishly laced with silences, and provides us with a gourmand's series of short courses.- --Doris Grumbach, Los Angeles Times

-The eight stories in I, etcetera reflect a vital and restless imagination cooking away in several directions . . . There is an abundance of those startling ironies and wry, quirky jokes that make Susan Sontag so tempting to quote . . . [The Book] possesses its own kind of spirit and nerve, and it takes some magnificent chances.- --Anne Tyler, The New Republic

-The book not only confronts and explores the life which is traveled rather than lives, it records a life fully lives in the face of all such doubts. No pain or horror is avoided, no occasion for despair is ducked . . . 'Debriefing, ' the most moving story in the book, [is] surely a small masterpiece.- --Michael Wood, The New York Review of Books

-Susan Sontag's collection of short stories is a pleasure to read--inventive, witty, intelligent . . . She embraces our language and the accumulation of our culture. She hears everything--echoes of dead rhetoric; glorious cliches that deaden our response to castles, sunsets, bays--and hears everywhere an elevation of the daily commonplace in the grand tour that must never end.- --The Saturday Review

-The story 'Unguided Tour' is Miss Sontag's apotheosis as a fiction writer . . . Susan Sontag, the literary and social critic, is entirely at home in fiction, is exhilarated, even transfigured by it.- --Anatole Broyard, The New York Times

"These short stories establish Sontag's originality . . . her unique vision, her success with experiments in the form . . . Sontag makes a wonderful stew of the past, the life caught in memory and imagination, serves it all up lavishly laced with silences, and provides us with a gourmand's series of short courses." --Doris Grumbach, Los Angeles Times

"The eight stories in I, etcetera reflect a vital and restless imagination cooking away in several directions . . . There is an abundance of those startling ironies and wry, quirky jokes that make Susan Sontag so tempting to quote . . . [The Book] possesses its own kind of spirit and nerve, and it takes some magnificent chances." --Anne Tyler, The New Republic

"The book not only confronts and explores the life which is traveled rather than lives, it records a life fully lives in the face of all such doubts. No pain or horror is avoided, no occasion for despair is ducked . . . 'Debriefing, ' the most moving story in the book, [is] surely a small masterpiece." --Michael Wood, The New York Review of Books

"Susan Sontag's collection of short stories is a pleasure to read--inventive, witty, intelligent . . . She embraces our language and the accumulation of our culture. She hears everything--echoes of dead rhetoric; glorious cliches that deaden our response to castles, sunsets, bays--and hears everywhere an elevation of the daily commonplace in the grand tour that must never end." --The Saturday Review

"The story 'Unguided Tour' is Miss Sontag's apotheosis as a fiction writer . . . Susan Sontag, the literary and social critic, is entirely at home in fiction, is exhilarated, even transfigured by it." --Anatole Broyard, The New York Times

About the Author

Susan Sontag is the author of four novels, The Benefactor, Death Kit, The Volcano Lover and In America which won the National Book Award, 2000. She is also the author of I, etcetera, a collection of stories; several plays, including Alice in Bed; and five works of non-fiction, among them On Photography and Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors. She lives in New York City.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0099388812
• ISBN 13: 9780099388814
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256