{"product_id":"9780300199024","title":"Susan Sontag : The Complete Rolling Stone Interview by Jonathan Cott","description":"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.\"\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56232119861621,"sku":"9780300199024","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780300199024.jpg?v=1762272313","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780300199024","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}