Summary
Susan Sontag: If books disappear...
If books disappear, history will disappear, the human race will also disappear...
Books are much more. They are a way to be more human. – Susan Sontag
In the fall of 1978, Rolling Stone magazine gave Susan Sontag, the most controversial intellectual of the second half of the twentieth century, space on the cover, alongside Rod Stewart and Blondi. The twelve-hour conversation, which was conducted in Paris and New York by columnist and writer Jonathan Kot, was then shortened to two-thirds for the needs of the magazine. Thirty-five years later, the author publishes an integral transcript of that extraordinary interview with Susan Sontag, in a somewhat unusual format for a book, covering a wide range of topics - from literature, philosophy, writing, photography, Eros to The Doors, illness, aging...
Thoughts and observations of Susan Sontag in this interview reveal her passionate engagement and breadth of critical thought, breaking stereotypes in culture. "Thinking is one of the things I do," Sontag begins the conversation with this statement, and ends with the words, "that the most terrible thing would be to feel that I have stopped thinking."
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