Conversations With Dali

by Alain Bousquet

123 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1969

Reviews

[Liz · Rating 4 out of 5]

On the whole, this was an interesting read, though I did skim through some parts which got dense due to Dali's ramblings and Bousquet encouraging those rambles. I was fascinated by Dali in these interviews, he thirst for fame, his love of money, his attitude towards art (I was shocked he would give up art if offered a good chunk of money), his admiration of stalinism and other dictatorships, and his political views. I found some of his views offensive (especially those on war and dictatorships), but the more I read, the more it became apparent that Dali really just tries to purport himself to be as ridiculous as possible in order to extract some sort of reaction from people. I didn't give it 5 stars, because I feel that the interviews could have gone further if the author had distanced himself a little more from Dali than he had.

[BookDrunkard is on storygraph as bookdrunkard78 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love an eccentric person, when someone is authentically kooky it's the best. I thought this was just a train wreck. Dali and the author come off as trying too hard and it was a bit annoying. That being said, I learned a few things and had to put the book down to look things up to see if they were true.

[السعيد عبدالغني · Rating 5 out of 5]

كتاب غريب، حوار ما بين بوسكيه وما بين دالي، والاسئلة والاجابات مجازات، ومتماهين مع بعض، تجربة لطيفة وأتمنى تتكرر دايما مع رسامين تانيين