Overview
"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 BoydA 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.
- | Author: Fernando Pessoa
- | Publisher: Serpent's Tail
- | Publication Date: Jan 18, 2011
- | Number of Pages: 272 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1846687357
- | ISBN-13: 9781846687358
