Against Interpretation and Other Essays by Susan SontagMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
I admit that many of these essays were on people and/or works I had never heard of. Having said that, I found the ones on Cesare Pavese and Ionesco quite interesting (the one on Ionesco was scathing), as well as those dealing with Sartre and Camus.
Interesting to learn about Happenings, and Assemblages, since I had never heard of them before. Also interesting were the notes on Camp Style (especially considered how the term is used these days in the UK). The essay on Science fiction was extremely thorough, but I can't say I found it all that interesting, except possibly that Sci-fi movies were pretty much all disaster movies.
Still, Sontag was obviously extremely observant and intelligent. I doubt we have anyone quite like her around today.
All essays date from the 1960s.
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