Regarding the Pain of Others
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. [10] 131pp. Original half-brown paper-covered boards with gilt lettering on spine, over structured cream paper. In original illustrated dustjacket with white and brown lettering on spine. Cream endpapers. Signed Susan Sontag on half-title,
"...Images of atrocities have become, via the little screens of the television and the computer., something of a commonplace. But are viewers inured–or incited–to violence by the depiction of cruelty? Is the viewer's perception of reality eroded by the daily barrage of such images? What does it mean to care about the sufferings of people in faraway zones of conflict? Susan Sontag's now classic book On Photography defined the terms of this debate twenty-five years ago. Her new book is a profound rethinking of the intersection of "news," art, and understanding in the contemporary depiction of war and disaster." (Publisher). Minor wear along edges of dustjacket with slight imperfection at top of spine and adjacent corner of back cover, with light staining along inside top of dustjacket. Near fine condition. Item #56184
ISBN: 0374248583
Price: $250.00