The Book of Disquiet (Penguin Classics)

Author: Pessoa, FernandoBrand: Penguin ClassicsColor: GreyEdition: New EdFeatures: Used Book in Good ConditionBinding: PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 544Release Date: 31-12-2002model number: 9780141183046Part Number: 9780141183046Details: The prizewinning, complete and unabridged translation—“the best English-language version we are likely to see for a long time, if ever” (The Guardian)—of a work of unclassifiable genius: the crowning achievement of Portugal’s modern master Edited, Translated, and with an Introduction by Richard Zenith, the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Pessoa: A Biography Winner of the Calouste Gulbenkian Translation Prize for Portuguese Translation A Penguin Classic 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 When he died in 1935, Pessoa left behind a trunk filled with unfinished and unpublished writings, among which were the r