6 edition of The Volcano Lover found in the catalog.
Published
August 1, 2004
by Picador
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Written in
| The Physical Object | |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | 432 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL9631134M |
| ISBN 10 | 0312420072 |
| ISBN 10 | 9780312420079 |
IT IS easy to approach The Volcano Lover, Susan Sontag's first novel for 25 years, in a worldly, subtracting spirit. It is a historical novel, and when an original writer flirts with genre the Author: CANDIA MCWILLIAM. The Volcano Lover: A Romance. Susan Sontag. Penguin Books Limited, - Fiction - pages. 6 Reviews. A historical romance, Sontag's book is based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century. Passionately examining the shape of Western civilization since the /5(6).
The Volcano Lover A Romance (Book): Sontag, Susan. All Tacoma Public Library locations are closed until further notice. Visit our COVID response page for ongoing updates. Focusing on the famous love triangle between British envoy Sir William Hamilton, his wife Emma and her lover Lord Nelson, Sontag's intellectual historical romance, a week PW bestseller in cloth, pa.
Sontag's book is a sweeping, exquisitely detailed picture of Europe in the final decades of the eighteenth century."' Chicago Sun-Times "Slippery, intelligent, provocative, and gripping."' The Washington Post Book World " The Volcano Lover seems a novel Susan Sontag was destined to write, a shift from the moral intelligence of the essayist to. "The Volcano Lover" changed all that. Although it is structurally a historical romance, it is primarily a novel of ideas, about modern politics, and more particularly, .
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Nevertheless this book was interesting, painting a vivid and poignant picture of the life of The Cavaliere as an antiquarian, diplomat, husband, and a lover of the volcano. I loved how Susan Sontag writes with depth, sucking the reader in with deep thoughts beyond what can only be grasped as mere observations/5.
Before reading The Volcano Lover I had read only On Photography by Susan Sontag. This is a remarkable book which manages successfully to be many different things in one volume.
Described as a romance - it is hardly that - but it does give a great insight into the power of romance and its influence on the social and political by: The Volcano Lover is a powerful, intricate novel of ideas: frequently inflected with Sontag's feminism, it applies a modern lens to the Enlightenment's moral, social and aesthetic concerns.
Yet it Author: Lettie Ransley. Before reading The Volcano Lover I had read only On Photography by Susan Sontag. This is a remarkable book which manages successfully to be many different things in one volume. Described as a romance - it is hardly that - but it does give a great insight into the power of romance and its influence on the social and political world.4/5(42).
—The Washington Post Book World “A novel Susan Sontag was destined to write, a shift from the moral intelligence of the essayist to the intelligent heart of the novelist.
To her admirers, The Volcano Lover book novel will only confirm her originality, and perhaps win over a whole new set of readers. "The Volcano Lover," despite a few nods of acknowledgment toward post-modernist self-awareness, is a big, old-fashioned broth of a book.
Sir Walter Scott would surely have approved of it; in fact, he would probably have enjoyed it immensely.
Free download or read online The Volcano Lover: A Romance pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was published in January 1stand was written by Susan Sontag.
The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Paperback format. The main characters of this fiction, historical story are William Hamilton, Emma, Lady Hamilton/5.
The Very Best Book for a New Volcano Lover. Volcanoes: A Beginner's Guide, by Rosaly Lopes. By Dana Hunter on The book is laid out beautifully and is Author: Dana Hunter. The Volcano Lover, Susan Sontag's best-selling novel, retold the love story of Emma Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson with consummate this enthralling audiobook - once again based on a real story - Sontag shows us our own country on the cusp of modernity.
In a group of Poles led by Maryna Zalewska, Poland's greatest actress, travel to California to found a "utopian" commune. However, on another level, The Volcano Lover is an experimental novel. The narrator writes what are, in effect, mini-essays about the nature of art, why people collect it and prize it, and why Sir.
For The Volcano Lover is not just a thinking woman's (or man's) historical romance but a sly, luminously insightful, provocative novel.” — The Nation “A brilliant performance.”/5(9). "The Volcano Lover is a great novel.
It repeatedly scales heights of complex thought, passion and expression that few American writers ever approach, while reimagining a majestic love story in dazzling style." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer.
About the Author/5(K). The Volcano Lover: A Romance Sontag Susan. A historical romance, Sontag's book is based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his wife, Emma, and Lord Nelson in the final decades of the eighteenth century. Passionately examining the shape of Western civilization since the Age of Enlightenment, Sontag's novel is an exquisitely detailed picture.
Set in 18th century Naples, based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and peopled with many of the great figures of the day, this unconventional, bestselling historical romance from the National Book Award-winning author of In America touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector's obsessions, and, above all, love/5(2).
Set in 18th century Naples, based on the lives of Sir William Hamilton, his celebrated wife Emma, and Lord Nelson, and peopled with many of the great figures of the day, this unconventional, bestselling historical romance from the National Book Award-winning author of In America touches on themes of sex and revolution, the fate of nature, art and the collector's obsessions, and, above all, love/5(7).
The Critic as Novelist. The Volcano Lover: A Romance. by Susan Sontag. Farrar Straus Giroux. $ Susan Sontag arrived at her present intellectual eminence with the publication of her first collection of essays, Against Interpretation (), a consideration of such chic cultural phenomena as happenings, the nouveau roman, French movies, and camp.
THE VOLCANO LOVER is also about Vesuvius, a still active volcano which periodically puts on a show, and about passion, acquisitiveness, beauty, romance, corruption and lots more. The first three-quarters of this dense novel is rendered mostly in the present tense: the style is quite formal and slightly archaic: the voice is cool, uninflected 5/5(5).
Before reading The Volcano Lover I had read only On Photography by Susan Sontag. This is a remarkable book which manages successfully to be many different things in one volume. Described as a romance - it is hardly that - but it does give a great insight into the power of romance and its influence on the social and political world.4/5(26).
Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. The Volcano Lover by Susan Sontag,Farrar Straus Giroux edition, in English The volcano lover ( edition) | Open LibraryCited by: The first novel in over 20 years by America's preeminent belletrist is a historical tour de force.
This tale of 18th-century romance and revolution is certain to charm readers who enjoy the postmodern potboilers of Umberto Eco and A.S. Byatt. After a pretentious prologue about her role as author, Sontag dives into the grand drama of the English nobleman William Hamilton, ambassador to the.
Pretty good book, fairly well-written but with a tendency to be wordy. The story is disjointed, with the first part of the book about the Volcano- lover and his wife, and second part more focused on Lady Hamilton and Admiral Nelson and ends a little flat.
()/5(20).The Volcano Lover: A Romance Susan Sontag, Author Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc $22 (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS Buy this book It should be no.Editions for The Volcano Lover: (Paperback published in ), (Paperback published in ), (Paperback published in ), (Hardc Cited by:
