In America

Introduction

In America is a 1999 novel by Susan Sontag. It won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.[1] It is based on the true story of Polish actress Helena Modjeska (called Maryna Zalewska in the book), her arrival in California in 1876, and her ascendancy to American stardom.[2]


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