The Proust Questionnaire

Marcel Proust's questionnaire is one of the best-known interview devices used in the media nowadays. Fun, intelligent, and concise, it reveals much of the personality of those questioned. While the Maison Gerard Darel has recently purchased the original Marcel Proust questionnaire, Assouline Publishing puts forth a facsimile version that contains Marcel Proust's handwritten replies. An introduction by Henry-Jean Servat, a long-standing member of the Friends of Marcel Proust Society, provides a historical account of the questionnaire. In addition, the book includes questionnaires filled by important persons with various cultural backgrounds; people such as Diane von Furstenberg, Marisa Berenson, Daniel Boulud, Rosanna Arquette, Tony Parker, and Richard Meier. Some blank questionnaires are also included at the end, making this book an ideal gift.