Cover of Illness as metaphor

Illness as metaphor

by Susan Sontag

1978 87 pages eng ★ 4.4 (5 ratings)

In 1978, while recovering from cancer, Susan Sontag wrote Illness as metaphor, the celebrated essay on the invented and often punitive uses of illness in our culture. It was not surprising that a decade later, after the advent of AIDS, Sontag felt compelled to write a sequel that would counter the a…

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