How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer
National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography · 2010 · Winner
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography | 2010 | Winner |
About This Book
Sarah Bakewell's ingenious biography of Michel de Montaigne frames his life through twenty questions the essayist himself addressed. Drawing parallels between sixteenth-century France and our own moment, Bakewell makes Montaigne's philosophy of the self immediate and vital. Winner of the NBCC Award for Biography.
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