A collection of short fiction from Susan Sontag, the National Book
Award-winning author of In America and Against Interpretation, and
the renowned essayist praised as "one of our very few brand-name
intellectuals" (The Yale Review).
An invaluable record of the creative output of one of the most
inquisitive and analytical thinkers of the twentieth century at the
height of her power, Debriefing collects all of Susan Sontag's shorter
fiction, a form she turned to intermittently throughout her writing
life.
Ranging from allegory to parable to autobiography, these stories show
Sontag wrestling with problems beyond the essayistic form, her more
customary mode. Here, she catches fragments of life on the fly,
dramatizes her private griefs and fears, and lets characters take her
where they will. The result is a collection of remarkable brilliance,
versatility, and charm. Sontag's work has typically required time for
people to catch up to it. These challenging works of literary art--made
more urgent by the passage of years--await a new generation of readers.