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The Proust Questionnaire, with Kerry Kelly
Submitted by Grace on June 14, 2012 - 8:59am
Kerry Kelly's most recent novel is The Family Album (Dundurn), which follows one-time literary luminary Cynthia Wilkes as her career, life and family shift in unexpected ways. In her answers to the Proust Questionnaire, Kerry tells Open Book about footwear temptations, her favourite Prime Minister and the best time for a cold beer. The Proust Questionnaire was not invented by Marcel Proust, but it was a much loved game by the French author and many of his contemporaries. The idea behind the questionnaire is that the answers are supposed to reveal the respondent's "true" nature. _________________________________ What is your dream of happiness? What is your idea of misery? What qualities do you admire most in a man? What qualities do you admire most in a woman? What is your chief characteristic? What is your principal fault? What is your greatest extravagance? What characteristic do you dislike most in others? What characteristic do you dislike most in yourself? What is your favourite colour? What is your favourite bird? What historical figure do you admire the most? Who are your favourite prose authors? Who are your favourite heroes in fiction? What is your favourite drink? What is it you most dislike? How do you want to die? What is your current state of mind? What is your motto? Check out all the Proust Questionnaire interviews in our archives. Related item from our archives |