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Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire: 101 Luminaries Ponder Love, Death, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life |  | Creators: Graydon Carter, Risko
Publisher: Rodale Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 74313
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1St Edition
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 1605295957
Dewey Decimal Number: 920.02
EAN: 9781605295954
ASIN: 1605295957
Publication Date: October 13, 2009
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Product Description
An intimate look into the inner lives of our most prominent cultural figures— pulled from the celebrated Proust Questionnaire page in Vanity Fair magazine. The probing set of questions originated as a 19th-century parlor game popularized by contemporaries of Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that an individual’s answers reveal his true nature. Illustrated by Risko, Vanity Fair’s Proust Q uestionnaire brings together the responses of 101 of the most vibrant personalities of our time, from Bette Midler and Lauren Bacall to Salman Rushdie and Norman Mailer, from Martin Scorsese and Shirley MacLaine to Aretha Franklin and Eric Clapton. Candid, hilarious, and endlessly fascinating,
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 Smart questions, surprising answers December 15, 2009
Carlos de Figueiredo Forbes
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Proust did not lose any time, when he wanted to understand human nature. Almost a century later, his questionnaire still elicits amazing insights ! For some reason, people tend to try to beat the smartness of the questions, by circumventing them or issuing outrageous answers.
The result: you get to know the true personalities of the answerers better than through any other means.
It is great fun !
Vanity Fair 's Proust December 15, 2009
Sharon E. Weber (Maine, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this book very much. I always turn to the last page of VF to read the Proust interview before I read the magazine. This is a collection of same. Insightful in some cases, frivolous in others..all are cool!
hilarious December 1, 2009
F. M. Witt
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
really entertaining what successful, famous people have to say. tinge of psychosis; and you realize sometimes how similar they are to you.
Vanity Fair's PROUST Questionnaire February 14, 2010
Werner O. Winter (Toronto, CA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Despite the rather pretentious title, this book does have 101 (a pretentious number too) luminaries (pretentious) pondering (in one page capsules) "love, death, happiness and the meaning of life." A must have book for the person that likes to dip into deeper things. The best part of the book? The illustrations by Risko of all the luminaries--and on quality paper.
Excellent and entertaining February 21, 2010
Tara T. Salvatore
This is a great read- I was suprised by many, and entertained by all. You can read this over and over again!
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