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The Volcano Lover, Susan Sontag's last novel, retold the love story of Emma, Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson with consummate power. In her enthralling new novel - once again based on a real story - Sontag shows us America on the cusp of modernity. In 1876 a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalewska, Poland's greatest actress, travels to California to found a 'utopian' commune. Maryna, who was renounced her career, is accompanied by her small son and husband; in her entourage is a rising young writer who is in love with her. The novel portrays a West that is still largely empty, where white settlers confront native Californians and Asian coolies. The image of America, and of California - as fantasy, as escape, as radical simplification - constantly meets a more complex reality. The commune fails and most of the emigres go home, but Maryna stays and triumphs on the American stage.
Acquisto del libro
In America, Susan Sontag
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2001
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- (In brossura)
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- Titolo
- In America
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Susan Sontag
- Editore
- Vintage
- Pubblicato
- 2001
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 387
- ISBN10
- 0099473216
- ISBN13
- 9780099473213
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Tema stórico, Amore, Donne, Teatro, Letteratura Americana, Matrimonio, America, Attori e attrici
- Titolo originale
- In Amerika
- Valutazione
- 3,35 su 5
- Descrizione
- The Volcano Lover, Susan Sontag's last novel, retold the love story of Emma, Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson with consummate power. In her enthralling new novel - once again based on a real story - Sontag shows us America on the cusp of modernity. In 1876 a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalewska, Poland's greatest actress, travels to California to found a 'utopian' commune. Maryna, who was renounced her career, is accompanied by her small son and husband; in her entourage is a rising young writer who is in love with her. The novel portrays a West that is still largely empty, where white settlers confront native Californians and Asian coolies. The image of America, and of California - as fantasy, as escape, as radical simplification - constantly meets a more complex reality. The commune fails and most of the emigres go home, but Maryna stays and triumphs on the American stage.