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Sontag: Her Life and Work
Modern · Biography, Nonfiction, Art

Sontag: Her Life and Work

by Benjamin Moser
2019 · 793 pages · Nonfiction
55 Modern ★ 4.23 on Goodreads · 2K ratings
≈ 20 hours to read · about 6 weeks at 30 minutes a day

Is it worth reading?

Pulitzer Prize (Biography) winner (2020). 4.23★ from 2K Goodreads ratings.

By the numbers

55Must-Read Score
  • Critics53 out of 100 · counts 35%+21
  • Readers56 out of 100 · counts 50%+32
  • Buzz14 out of 100 · counts 15%+2

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Thought-provoking, True story

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