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A review by sapphicpenguin
Where the Stress Falls: Essays by Susan Sontag
4.0
Our interpretations of anything depend on what we pay attention to. The meaning of a sentence depends on what word(s) you enunciate. Where the stress falls changes the meaning.
I dearly wish I was a famous writer, if only so I could write elaborate essays about random artists or situations I was interested in. If you are going to go on this journey Sontag dragged me along on, please have Wikipedia open in your browser. I did not have the level of knowledge that she apparently assumed I did.
Separated into three sections ("Reading," about books and authors, "Seeing," about movies, art, dance, and photography, and "There and Here," about identity and travel), this book is a collage of countless ideas and subjects.
I can't give this book 5 stars, if only because there were multiple points of frustration and boredom, but I can't say it was bad because of the parts that blew my mind. Sontag says that "No book is worth reading once if it is not worth reading many times," and I would disagree. This book was worth reading once.
I dearly wish I was a famous writer, if only so I could write elaborate essays about random artists or situations I was interested in. If you are going to go on this journey Sontag dragged me along on, please have Wikipedia open in your browser. I did not have the level of knowledge that she apparently assumed I did.
Separated into three sections ("Reading," about books and authors, "Seeing," about movies, art, dance, and photography, and "There and Here," about identity and travel), this book is a collage of countless ideas and subjects.
I can't give this book 5 stars, if only because there were multiple points of frustration and boredom, but I can't say it was bad because of the parts that blew my mind. Sontag says that "No book is worth reading once if it is not worth reading many times," and I would disagree. This book was worth reading once.