David Rieff

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David Rieff

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Published on Mar 20, 2008, 2:30:00 PM
Total time: 00:28:30

Episode Description

Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir (Simon & Schuster)
David Rieff accompanied his mother, Susan Sontag, through the medical ordeals that led to her death. We explore the death of this great writer, a woman who resisted consolation and maintained—to her last days—an enormous appetite for life.

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