In America (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Susan Sontag
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: 1870-1890
- Setting: Poland and the United States
- Principal Characters: Maryna Zalezowska, Count Bogdan Dembowski, Piotr Dembowski, Ryszard, Henryk, Mildred Collingsridge, Angus Barton
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Acting or actors, Nineteenth century, Immigration or emigration, Poland or Polish people
- Locales: United States, Poland
Most readers recognize that Susan Sontag’s best-selling novel The Volcano Lover (1992) was a turning point in her career, a breakthrough where she found a voice and vision for her fiction significantly different from that of her experimental novels and films of the 1960’s yet recognizably hers. In America fulfills The Volcano Lover’s promise and confirms that she has, in fact, made the transition from critical theorist to creative writer.
Like The Volcano Lover, In America mixes realistic narrative, anecdotes, autobiographical asides,...
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