by Susan Sontag · Vintage Uk · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099473213
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In 'In America', Susan Sontag tells the story of a group of Poles led by actress Maryna Zalewska who, in 1876, travel to California to found a utopian commune. The experiment fails, but Maryna decides to stay in the United States, where she triumphs in the theater. The novel explores themes such as idealism, failure, identity, and the pursuit of the American dream in the historical context of the 19th century.
Susan Lee Sontag was an American writer and critic. She primarily wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp' ", in 1964. Her best-known works include the critical works Against Interpretation (1966), On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor (1978) and Regarding the Pain of Others (2003), the short story "The Way We Live Now" (1986) and the novels The Volcano Lover (1992) and In America (1999).
