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The Benefactor

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Overview

The Benefactor, Susan Sontag's first book and first novel, originally published in 1963, introduced a unique writer to the world. In the form of a memoir by a latter-day Candide named Hippolyte, The Benefactor leads us on a kind of psychic Grand Tour, in which Hippolyte's violently imaginative dream life becomes indistinguishable from his surprising experiences in the 'real world.' Sontag's novel supplies a fascinating, knowing, acerbic portrait of a certain bohemian demimonde that flourished in France until quite recently. More important, The Benefactor is a novel about ideas-especially religious ideas-unlike any other: funny, acrobatic, disturbing, profound.

Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780312420123
  • ISBN-10: 0312420129
  • Publisher: Picador USA
  • Publish Date: June 2002
  • Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.8 pounds
  • Page Count: 288

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