# The Benefactor

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- Authors: [Susan Sontag](https://www.bookquiver.com/susan-sontag)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2009-07-02

## Description

The Benefactor is Susan Sontag's first book and first novel. It was originally published in 1963, and introduced a unique writer to the world. In the form of a memoir by a latter-day Candide named Hippolyte, The Benefactor leads us on a kind of psychic Grand Tour, in which Hippolyte's violently imaginative dream life becomes indistinguishable from his surprising experiences in the 'real world'.

## Editions

### The Benefactor

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4197-650-1
- Published: 2013-05-16
- Language: en_GB

### The Benefactor

- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4119-009-9
- Pages: 288
- Published: 2009-07-02
- Language: en_GB