Death Kit

novel by Sontag

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Death Kit is a 1967 novel by American intellectual and writer Susan Sontag. It is her second novel, following The Benefactor (1963) and preceding her essay collection Styles of Radical Will (1969). Sontag was known for her essays on modern culture, with early works collected in Against Interpretation, and Other Essays (1966). Her other notable works include On Photography and Illness as Metaphor.1

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Susan Sontag
Her second novel, Death Kit (1967), was followed by another collection of essays, Styles of Radical Will (1969). Her later critical works included On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor (1978), Under the Sign of Saturn (1980), and AIDS and Its Metaphors (1989). She also wrote the historical novels…
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Her second novel, Death Kit (1967), was followed by another collection of essays, Styles of Radical Will (1969). Her later critical works included On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor (1978), Under the Sign of Saturn (1980), and AIDS and Its Metaphors (1989). She also wrote the historical novels…
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