A brilliant, clear-eyed consideration of the visual representation of violence in our culture--its ubiquity, meanings, and effects. Considered one of the greate

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Regarding the Pain of Others is Susan Sontag's searing analysis of our numbed response to images of horror. From Goya's Disasters of War to news footage and pho

In eight stories, this singular collection of short fiction written over the course of ten years explores the terrain of modern urban life. In reflective, teleg