Oversat af Suzanne Brøgger

between themselves and with others

Men det er også en roman om at gå på druk eller gå i hundene og mest af alt ligne en vagabond eller landstryger

late-night conversations

the author of The Year of Magical Thinking and Blue Nights

Illness as Metaphor & Aids and Its Metaphors Oversat af Suzanne BrøggerSontag wrote Illness as Metaphor in 1978, while suffering from breast cancer herself. In her study she reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, Sontag shows cancer for what it is a disease; not a curse, not a punishment, certainly not an embarrassment, and