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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.
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In America, Susan Sontag
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- Publicado en
- 2001
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- Título
- In America
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Susan Sontag
- Editorial
- Vintage
- Publicado en
- 2001
- Formato
- Tapa blanda
- Páginas
- 387
- ISBN10
- 0099473216
- ISBN13
- 9780099473213
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Tema histórico, Amor, Mujeres, Teatro, Literatura americana, Matrimonio, América, Actores y actrices
- Título original
- In Amerika
- Calificación
- 3,35 de 5
- Descripción
- 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.