Susan Sontag : The Complete Rolling Stone Interview by Jonathan Cott

Published in its entirety for the first time, a candid conversation with Susan Sontag at the height of her brilliant career ?"A humanizing interview with the late cultural icon, who was often perceived as a fiercely aggressive and polarizing intellect."-Kirkus Reviews ? Susan Sontag (1933-2004), one of the most internationally renowned and controversial intellectuals of the latter half of the twentieth century, still provokes. In 1978 Jonathan Cott, a founding contributing editor of Rolling Stone magazine, interviewed Sontag first in Paris and later in New York. Only a third of their?twelve hours of discussion ever made it to print. This book provides the entire transcript of Sontag's remarkable conversation, accompanied by Cott's preface and recollections. ? Sontag's musings and observations reveal the passionate engagement and breadth of her critical intelligence and curiosities at a moment when she was at the peak of her powers. These hours of conversation offer a revelatory and indispensable look at the self-described "besotted aesthete" and "obsessed moralist."
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