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The Benefactor: a Novel
Susan Sontag
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.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | June 1, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780312420123 |
| Publishers | Picador |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 210 × 20 mm · 362 g |
| Language | English |
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