{"product_id":"monsieur-teste","title":"Monsieur Teste","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA defining work of twentieth-century modernism, now newly translated--a philosophical novel about the nature of consciousness, all centered around a character who is composed of absolute brain and intellect, a character of pure mind.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1892, during an intense thunderstorm, the great Symbolist poet Paul Valéry underwent an existential crisis. For the next twenty years, he wrote no poetry, devoting himself instead to the study of philosophy, mathematics, and language--and to the creation of his literary alter ego, Monsieur Teste, who first appeared in the 1896 novella \u003ci\u003eThe Evening with Monsieur Teste\u003c\/i\u003e, and about whom Valéry continued to write for the rest of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2024\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003ePages: 79\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 1681378922\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781681378923\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Valery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50542022459658,"sku":"","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781681378923.jpg?v=1735995497","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/monsieur-teste","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}