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The Book of Disquiet

Fernando Pessoa

  • 472 pages · about 8 hours
  • First published 1982
  • 85 editions
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1 About this book

The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa's greatest literary achievement. An "autobiography" or "diary" containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete English edition by master translator Margaret Jull Costa.

Most of the texts in The Book of Disquiet are written under the semi-heteronym Bernardo Soares, an assistant bookkeeper. This existential masterpiece was first published in Portuguese in 1982, forty-seven years after Pessoa's death. A monumental literary event, this exciting, new, complete edition spans Fernando Pessoa's entire writing life.

Good for readers who want: a true life story, poetry, and a long read.

  • Biography
  • Poets, biography
  • Poetry
  • Notebooks, sketchbooks
  • Biographies

2 About Fernando Pessoa

1888–1935

Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa (; Portuguese:; 13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, and publisher. He has been described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the Portuguese literature. He also wrote in and translated from English and French.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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