At the Same Time Essays and Speeches

<p><b><i>At the Same Time</i> contains sixteen illuminating essays by Susan Sontag.</b> <p><b>With a preface by David Rieff.</b> <p>The sixteen essays gathered here represent the last pieces written by Susan Sontag in the years before her ddath in 2004. Reflecting on literature, photography and art, post 9/11 America and political activism, these essays encompass the themes that dominated Sontag's life and work, revealing why she remains one of the twentieth century's preeminent writers and thinkers. <p>'These sixteen pieces brim over with vitality . . . every one of them opening up fresh lines of thought' John Gray, <i>New Statesman</i> <p>'One of America's greatest public intellectuals' <i>Observer</i> <p>'Excellent and essential' <i>Financial Times</i> <p>'Reads like a greatest-hits album - a little politics, something on photography, some lit. crit. - of Sontag's passions' <i>Daily Telegraph</i> <p>'Sontag's clear thinking . . . shines like a spotlight in dark places' <i>The Times</i> <p>One of America's best-known and most admired writers, Susan Sontag was also a leading commentator on contemporary culture until her death in December 2004. Her books include four novels and numerous works of non-fiction, among them <i>Regarding the Pain of Others</i>, <i>On Photography</i>, <i>Illness as Metaphor</i>, <i>At the Same Time</i>, <i>Against Interpretation and Other Essays</i> and <i>Reborn: Early Diaries 1947-1963</i>, all of which are published by Penguin. A further eight books, including the collections of essays <i>Under the Sign of Saturn</i> and <i>Where the Stress Falls</i>, and the novels <i>The Volcano Lover</i> and <i>The Benefactor</i>, are available from Penguin Modern Classics.</p>