"Readers with a particular interest in modernism will find this work indispensable."Publishers Weekly
"Pessoa's amazing personality is as beguiling and mysterious as his unique poetic output."William Boyd
A self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, The Book of Disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature.
Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. Most of Pessoa's writing was not published during his lifetime: The Book of Disquiet was first published in Portugal in 1982.
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The Book of Disquiet
"Readers with a particular interest in modernism will find this work indispensable."Publishers Weekly
"Pessoa's amazing personality is as beguiling and mysterious as his unique poetic output."William Boyd
A self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, The Book of Disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature.
Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. Most of Pessoa's writing was not published during his lifetime: The Book of Disquiet was first published in Portugal in 1982.
"Readers with a particular interest in modernism will find this work indispensable."Publishers Weekly
"Pessoa's amazing personality is as beguiling and mysterious as his unique poetic output."William Boyd
A self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, The Book of Disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature.
Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. Most of Pessoa's writing was not published during his lifetime: The Book of Disquiet was first published in Portugal in 1982.
Fernando Pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. He grew up in Durban, South Africa, where his stepfather was Portuguese consul. He returned to Lisbon in 1905 and worked as a clerk in an import-export company until his death in 1935. Most of Pessoa’s writing was not published during his lifetime; The Book of Disquiet first came out in Portugal in 1982. Since its first publication, it has been hailed as a classic.
Table of Contents
Introduction vii Notes on the Text and Translation xxvii Acknowledgements xxxii
The Book Of Disquiet
Preface by Fernando Pessoa 3 A Factless Autobiography 9 A Disquiet Anthology 393
Appendix I: Texts Citing the Name of Vicente Guedes 465 Appendix II: Two Letters 467 Appendix III: Reflections on The Book of Disquiet from Pessoa's Writings 471 Notes 477 Table of Heteronyms 505
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