Susan Sontag: The Complete Rolling Stone Interview
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (787 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300199023 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 168 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in New York City. Susan Sontag (1933–2004) was the author of numerous works of nonfiction, including the groundbreaking collection of essays Against Interpretation, On Photography, and Illness as Metaphor, and of four novels, including In America, which won the National
Susan Sontag, one of the most internationally renowned and controversial intellectuals of the latter half of the twentieth century, still provokes. In 1979, Jonathan Cott, of Rolling Stone magazine, interviewed Sontag first in Paris and later in New York. This title publishes the entire transcript of Sontag's conversation.
"A strong and deeply personal argument about what it means to be cultured."--Mark O'Connell, "Slate"--Mark O'Connell "Slate ""There's no incompatibility between observing the world and being tuned into an electronic, multimedia, multi-tracked, McLuhanite world Rock 'n' roll really changed my life. I think rock 'n' roll is the reason I got divorced. It was Bill Haley and the Comets, Chuck Berry So when I go to a Patti Smith concert, I enjoy, participate, appreciate and am tuned in better because I've read Nietzche."--Susan Sontag, from the "Rolling Stone" interview--Susan Sontag, from the Rolling Stone interview"This long and largely genial portrait of the (not always quite so genial) intellectual in middle age also amounts to a strong and deeply personal argument about what it means to be cultured."--Mark O'Connell, "Slate"--Mark O'Connell "Slate "One of "Brainpicking's" Best Books of 2013, selected by Maria Popova.--
Ariana Escalante Kantun said Excellent book. I recommended this book for those people who wants to understand Susan Sontag, amazing interview and I certainly gonna read more books written by her.. "Sexy Susan" according to Randall L. Wilson. I have been obsessed with Susan Sontag for nearly forty years. I don’t claim to be a deep or passionate reader of her work though I have read some of her essays. What I see in Sontag is an independent spirit and a glamorous intellectual. Someone who spoke her mind fearlessly and enjoyed the fringes of modern thinking and aesthetics.This slender book is based on an extended interview she gave to Johnathan Cott for Rol. Great Short, Easy, Read This was an easy reading interview of Susan Sontag. It provided a wonderful insight into the woman, and perfect for those who want to get a deeper understanding of her.