Reborn Early Diaries, 1947-1963

<p><b><i>'In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could do to any person; I create myself.'</i></b> <p><b>Intimate, vulnerable and unsparing, R<i>eborn</i> bears witness to the evolution of Susan Sontag.</b> <p>With entries dating from 1947-1963, the first instalment from Susan Sontag's diaries charts her ascension from early adolescence to her early thirties. Unabashed, though thoroughly self-reflective, Sontag's diaries reveal the inner workings of her mind, her insecurities and her passions. This compelling account of the evolution of America's greatest post-war intellectual allows us to behold the moral and political awakening of the artist and critic. <p>'An exceptionally vivid, and often moving, account of a young woman's painful journey towards acceptance of her own nature.' <i>Sunday Telegraph</i> <p> 'Moving on several levels . . . thrilling . . . fascinating . . . often reads like a brilliant postmodern bildungsroman' <i>New York Magazine</i> <p>'One can feel Sontag's mind beginning to ripen and bloom, and the full force of the intellectual originality that would be her hallmark emerging' <i>The Guardian</i></p>