Bad Manners as Genius

Other stories scrape at real themes:nthe suicide of a close friend, parenthood.nOthers parody them---for instance,nmarriage. But Sontag nevernlets anything happen: in the end shenalways has the better of herself. Thisnis because with all her braggadocio,nSontag is guarded, terribly guarded,nabout what really matters to her . . .