On Women

A pithy and brilliant introduction to Susan Sontag's writing on women, gathering early essays on aging, equality, beauty, sexuality, and fascism

Susan Sontag was one of the most formidable, original, and influential thinkers of the last century. "The most interesting ideas are heresies," she remarked, and indeed, her writing rejects the familiar and refuses party lines.

On Women presents seven essays and exchanges, spanning a range of subjects: the challenges and humiliations women face as they age; the relationship between women's liberation and class struggle; beauty, which Sontag calls "that over-rich brew of so many familiar opposites"; feminism; fascism; and film. Taken together, these pieces--relentlessly curious, historically precise, politically robust, and allergic to easy categorization Sontag's inimitable mind at work.

Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 05/30/2023
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.4lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781250876850


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/01/2023
Publishers Weekly 04/10/2023
Shelf Awareness 06/02/2023

About the Author
Susan Sontag (1933-2004) was the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including the groundbreaking collection of essays Against Interpretation (FSG, 1966), and of four novels, including In America (FSG, 2000), which won the National Book Award.