The Resource Swimming in a sea of death : a son's memoir, David Rieff
Swimming in a sea of death : a son's memoir, David Rieff
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- Summary
- Susan Sontag had fought off two previous bouts of cancer when, in 2004, she was diagnosed with an incurable form of leukaemia. In this memoir, her son David recounts their time together during the last months of Sontag's life, drawing on her diaries and letters to create a vivid portrait and a haunting meditation on mortality
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 179 p.
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster; London: Granta, 2008
- Isbn
- 9781847080752
- Label
- Swimming in a sea of death : a son's memoir
- Title
- Swimming in a sea of death
- Title remainder
- a son's memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- David Rieff
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Susan Sontag had fought off two previous bouts of cancer when, in 2004, she was diagnosed with an incurable form of leukaemia. In this memoir, her son David recounts their time together during the last months of Sontag's life, drawing on her diaries and letters to create a vivid portrait and a haunting meditation on mortality
- Cataloging source
- StDuBDS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rieff, David
- Dewey number
-
- 818.5'409
- 818.5409
- 920 SONT
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Rieff, David
- Sontag, Susan
- Sontag, Susan
- Cancer
- Mothers
- Mothers and sons
- Literature
- Label
- Swimming in a sea of death : a son's memoir, David Rieff
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster; London: Granta, 2008
- Control code
- 9781847080752
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 179 p.
- Isbn
- 9781847080752
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Label
- Swimming in a sea of death : a son's memoir, David Rieff
- Note
- Originally published: New York: Simon & Schuster; London: Granta, 2008
- Control code
- 9781847080752
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- 179 p.
- Isbn
- 9781847080752
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
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