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In America

Susan Sontag

3.34/5 (1918 ratings)

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In 1876 a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalewska, Poland's greatest actress, travel to California to found a "utopian" commune. Maryna, who has renounced her career, is accompanied by her small son and husband; in her entourage is a rising young writer who is in love with her. The novel portrays a West that is still largely empty, where white settlers confront native Californians and Asian coolies. The image of America, and of California-as fantasy, as escape, as radical simplification-constantly meets a more complex reality. The commune fails and most of the migrants go home, but Maryna stays and triumphs on the American stage.

In America is a big, juicy, surprising book-about a woman's search for self-transformation, about the fate of idealism, about the world of the theater-that will captivate its readers from the first page. It is Sontag's most delicious, most brilliant achievement.

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Publisher:: St. Martins Press-3PL

Edition:: 1st, First Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0312273207

ISBN13:: 9780312273200

kindle Asin:: B000Y2I7PO

In America

Susan Sontag

3.34/5 (1918 ratings)

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In 1876 a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalewska, Poland's greatest actress, travel to California to found a "utopian" commune. Maryna, who has renounced her career, is accompanied by her small son and husband; in her entourage is a rising young writer who is in love with her. The novel portrays a West that is still largely empty, where white settlers confront native Californians and Asian coolies. The image of America, and of California-as fantasy, as escape, as radical simplification-constantly meets a more complex reality. The commune fails and most of the migrants go home, but Maryna stays and triumphs on the American stage.

In America is a big, juicy, surprising book-about a woman's search for self-transformation, about the fate of idealism, about the world of the theater-that will captivate its readers from the first page. It is Sontag's most delicious, most brilliant achievement.

Format:

Pages:: pages

Publication:

Publisher:: St. Martins Press-3PL

Edition:: 1st, First Edition

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0312273207

ISBN13:: 9780312273200

kindle Asin:: B000Y2I7PO

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