"Susan Sontag Interview: I Created Myself" Author: [US] Jonathan Cott / [US] Susan Sontag Publisher: Guangxi Normal University Press

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【Editor's recommendation】

※Susan Sontag: Experiencing the ups and downs of life, full record of 12-hour interview

She is Susan Sontag, a famous intellectual in contemporary Western society;

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 Disease, and On Photography, have triggered ideological earthquakes in many fields.

She is a writer, a literary superstar, a mother, a woman, and a child.

She had gone through numerous 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 sensibility and rationality, composing an autobiography through conversation.

※A close look at a great soul, a high-speed collision of thoughts:

From a Paris apartment to a 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 Mild Self-Destruction”;

Writing is - "an activity contrary to nature";

The body is – “a machine with a finite lifespan”;

Photography is - "central to society in all its complexity, 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 aggression"...

※From a "desert childhood" to "self-taught" - the wisest cultural icon of our time, revealing the secret of self-building

Just as "women are not born, but made",

This recognized great woman also sees 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 edition, easy to hold for travel and commuting, a treasure trove of ideas "Little Red Book"

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 discuss writing, reading, interpretation, photography and social trends, as well as sex, love, rock and roll and the fragments of contemporary life...

Different from her previous radical and polemical image, in the dialogue, she showed her multiple alter egos 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, extreme intellectual, and this book presents a deeply emotional interview with this late cultural icon.

—Kirkus Reviews