The Book of Disquiet Paperback - 2002
by Fernando Pessoa; Richard Zenith (Editor); Richard Zenith (Translator)
Published for the first time 50 years after his death, this unique collection of short, aphoristic paragraphs comprises the "autobiography" of Bernardo Soares, one of Pessoa's alternate selves. Part intimate diary, part prose poetry, part descriptive narrative, captivatingly translated by Richard Zenith.
Summary
Fernando Pessoa was many writers in one. He attributed his prolific writings to a wide range of alternate selves, each of which had a distinct biography, ideology. and horoscope. When he died in 935, Pessoa left behind a trunk filled with unfinished and unpublished writings, among which were the remarkable pages that make up his posthumous masterpiece, The Book of Disquiet, an astonishing work that, in George Steiner's words, "gives to Lisbon the haunting spell of Joyce's Dublin or Kafka's Prague."
Published for the first time some fifty years after his death, this unique collection of short, aphoristic paragraphs comprises the "autobiography" of Bernardo Soares, one of Pessoa's alternate selves. Part intimate diary, part prose poetry, part descriptive narrative, captivatingly translated by Richard Zenith, The Book of Disquiet is one of the greatest works of the twentieth century.
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- Title The Book of Disquiet
- Author Fernando Pessoa; Richard Zenith (Editor); Richard Zenith (Translator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New Ed
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 2002-12-31
- ISBN 9780141183046 / 0141183047
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 7.7 x 5 x 1 in (19.56 x 12.70 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Pessoa, Fernando, Poets, Portuguese - 20th century
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002035485
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
“Pessoa’s rapid prose, snatched in flight and restlessly suggestive, remains haunting, often startling. . . . There is nobody like him.” —W. S. Merwin, The New York Review of Books
“Extraordinary . . . a haunting mosaic of dreams, autobiographical vignettes, shards of literary theory and criticism and maxims.” —George Steiner, The Observer
"I plan to use this book every year in my course at Yale. Thanks for making it available." —K. David Jackson, Yale University
Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 12/09/2002, Page 77
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