95 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374102579
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as "one of the most liberating books of its time." A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding ce...
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Cancer, Homophobia
95 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780374102579
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as "one of the most liberating books of its time." A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding ce...
Community Reviews Summary of 72 reviews
Moods
informative 75%
challenging 66%
dark 33%
sad 8%
tense 8%
Pace
slow 27%
fast 18%
Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
Cancer, Homophobia