An Interview with Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag: The Complete Rolling Stone Interview

【Editor's Recommendation】
Susan Sontag: Through the Highs and Lows of Life, a 12-hour interview records the life of Susan Sontag, a renowned intellectual in the contemporary West.
She has been hailed as "the conscience of the American public" and "the foremost critic on both sides of the Atlantic";
Her representative works, Against Interpretation, Metaphor of Illness and On Photography, have triggered ideological upheavals in many fields.
She is a writer, a literary superstar, a mother, a woman, and a child.
Having experienced countless battles in the literary world, her opponent was cancer - this time, she won;
After recovering from her illness, she further opened up her world in an unprecedented 12-hour interview.
Showing countless incarnations of emotion and rationality, composing autobiography through conversation.
A close look at a great soul, a high-speed collision of ideas:
From a Paris apartment to the New York rock scene, from cancer experience to a "desert" childhood,
The wit is bursting, the spirit is high, and the intelligence is shining.
The reading is – “My Slight Self-Destruction”;
Writing is - "an activity contrary to nature";
The body is – “a machine with a finite lifespan”;
Photography is - "the core of reflecting this society in all its complexities, contradictions and ambiguities";
Fragments are – “the art form of our time”;
Sex is – “a very dark area, a theatre of evil”;
The patriarchal system is – “wrong and oppressive”;
Living is—"a kind of invasion"...
From a "desert childhood" to "self-taught"—the wisest cultural icon of our time reveals the secret of self-cultivation. Just as "women are not born, but made,"
This recognized great woman also understands herself in the same way:
——Sontag was shaped by herself.
“I think I created myself. I even think I’m self-taught.
I have never been anyone's disciple, nor anyone's wife, lover, or daughter."
※Square-spine hardcover small format, easy to hold for commuting, a treasure trove of ideas "Little Red Book"
The silver-salt film-textured portraits reflect Sontag’s infinite thoughts on photographic aesthetics;
Bright red cover, bright blue backing paper, unique design, contrasting colors of life.
【Content Introduction】
In 1978, Jonathan Cott was commissioned by Rolling Stone magazine to conduct in-depth interviews with Susan Sontag in Paris and New York.
They discussed writing, reading, interpretation, photography, and social thought, as well as sex, love, rock music, and the fragments of contemporary life...
Different from her previous radical and polemical image, in the dialogue, she showed her multiple selves and countless private moments in her life.
And the point of Sontag being Sontag:
"Love calmly, trust without ambiguity, hope without self-deprecation, and act courageously."
【Celebrity Recommendation】
This book is an excellent reference for both loyal fans of this critic and novelist and readers who are encountering this great thinker for the first time.
—Publishers Weekly
Sontag is often seen as a radical and extreme intellectual, and this book presents a deeply emotional interview with this late cultural icon.
—Kirkus Reviews

2023-10-01

广西师范大学出版社

wild spring

200

9787559860279