Monsieur Teste
Paul Valéry, Jackson Mathews (Translator)
"The famous opening line of Monsieur Teste -- "Stupidity is not my strong suit"--Is typical of Monsieur Teste, and of Valery as well. Although not autobiographical in any usual sense, the book is profoundly personal. Valery said he could not imagine the existence of the novel, yet he could not resist the character living in his mind. On the one hand, Monsieur Teste reflects Valery's preoccupation with the phenomenon of a mind detached from sensibility; on the other, he is an ordinary fictional character seen from many viewpoints."--Goodreads
Print Book, English, 1964
McGraw-Hill, New York, 1964