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Presents an account of Susan Sontag's final months, written by her son and drawing on previously unpublished letters and journals. This book writes about being by her side during that last year and at her death, and about the author's own contradictory emotions: his guilt for not consoling her enough.
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Swimming in a Sea of Death, David Rieff
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- Released
- 2009
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- Title
- Swimming in a Sea of Death
- Language
- English
- Authors
- David Rieff
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Released
- 2009
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 179
- ISBN10
- 1847080758
- ISBN13
- 9781847080752
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Health & Medicine, Medicine, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Death, Medicine, Writing, Hope, Cancer, Tumors, Pain, Struggle for survival, Despair
- Original title
- Swimming in a sea of death
- Rating
- 3.65 out of 5
- Description
- Presents an account of Susan Sontag's final months, written by her son and drawing on previously unpublished letters and journals. This book writes about being by her side during that last year and at her death, and about the author's own contradictory emotions: his guilt for not consoling her enough.