From AwardAnnals
Results of the National Book Award in the year 1974. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
Monsieur Teste
Paul Valéry, Jackson Mathews
Although not autobiographical in any usual sense, Valéry’s novel is profoundly personal.
Monsieur Teste reflects Valéry’s preoccupation with the phenomenon of a mind detached from sensibility, yet he is also an ordinary fictional character. This volume includes “Snapshots of Monsieur Teste,” excerpts from Valéry’s Cahiers.
Alternating Current
Octavio Paz, Helen Lane
A key figure in the Latin American literary renaisance, Octaio Paz focuses here on literature and art, durgs, the murder of God, and ethical and political problems.
Confessions of Lady Nijo
Karen Brazell
In about 1307 a remarkable woman in Japan sat down to complete the story of her life. The result was an autobiographical narrative, a tale of thirty-six years in the life of Lady Nijo.
