1980 Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction Winner and Nominees

The Winner and Nominees for the 1980 Pulitzer Prize - General Nonfiction book award.

1980 Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction Winner

Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

Douglas Hofstadter

What is a self and how can a self come out of inanimate matter?’ This is the riddle that drove Douglas Hofstadter to write this extraordinary book. In order to impart his original and personal view on the core mystery of human existence – our intangible s…

1980 Pulitzer Prize – General Nonfiction Shortlist

The Madwoman in the Attic
Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar
The Medusa and the Snail
Lewis Thomas
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