Swimming in a sea of death : a son's memoir
Rieff, David2009
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Susan Sontag had fought off two previous bouts of cancer when, in 2004, she was diagnosed with an incurable form of leukaemia. In this memoir, her son David recounts their time together during the last months of Sontag's life, drawing on her diaries and letters to create a vivid portrait and a haunting meditation on mortality.
Main title:
Swimming in a sea of death : a son's memoir / David Rieff.
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Imprint:
London : Granta, 2009.
Collation:
179 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster; London: Granta, 2008.
ISBN:
9781847080752 (pbk)
Dewey class:
818.5409BSON
Language:
English
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BRN:
1346894