Elitism
Linda Colley, 3 December 1992
The Volcano Lover: A Romance
by Susan Sontag.
Cape, 419 pp., £14.99, September 1992,0 224 02912 6 Show More
by Susan Sontag.
Cape, 419 pp., £14.99, September 1992,
“... Why did Susan Sontag write this book? Essayist and cultural critic, interpreter of Aids, cancer, the cinema, Fascism and pornography, recipient of Jonathan Miller’s burdensome accolade ‘probably the most intelligent woman in America’, why should she want to attempt a historical novel? It’s been a success of course. There have been the entries into the bestseller lists, the interviews and profiles in the right magazines, the respectful and often rapturous reviews ... ”