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Susan Sontag

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4 picks · 1977–1991

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Pilgrimage
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Susan Sontag on meeting her idol, the author of “The Magic Mountain,” when she was a precocious high-school student.

The Way We Live Now
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Fiction by Susan Sontag: “At first he was just losing weight, he felt only a little ill.”

Unguided Tour
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I took a trip to see the beautiful things. Change of scenery. Change of heart. To say goodbye. The more that places, customs, the circumstances of …