{"product_id":"monsieur-teste-paul-valzsry-9780691292908","title":"Monsieur Teste: The Collected Works of Paul Valéry, Volume 6","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe National Book Award-winning translation of Valéry's singular novel, a strange and powerful philosophical exploration of human consciousness\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Valéry was obsessed with exploring the conscious mind, and it was this preoccupation that produced the unusual masterpiece of modern fiction that is \u003ci\u003eMonsieur Teste\u003c\/i\u003e. Although not autobiographical in any usual sense, Valéry's only novel is a profoundly personal book, a portrait of a character whose mind is shown in two aspects--detached from the senses and engaged in the events of everyday life. This volume also includes \"Snapshots of Monsieur Teste\"--passages from Valéry's \u003ci\u003eNotebooks\u003c\/i\u003e that give a closer view of Teste. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Collected Works of Paul Valéry, the first collected edition of the writer in English, features new translations, the original French on facing pages for poetic works, and editorial notes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Valéry\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691292906\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691292908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.56d","brand":"Paul Valéry","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49148516532479,"sku":"9780691292908","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/monsieur-teste-paul-valzsry-9780691292908","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}