The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition

Fernando Pessoa. . Ed by Jeronimo Pizzaro. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa.

ISBN 10: 1781255695 / ISBN 13: 9781781255698

Published by Profile Books Ltd, UK, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
• Publisher: Profile Books Ltd, UK
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1781255695
• ISBN 13: 9781781255698
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Dimensions: 3.9W x 16.2H x 24D centimeters 3.9 centimeters width by 16.2 centimeters height by 24 centimeters depth
• Weight: 783 grams

About this title

Synopsis

The eternal mystique of Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) stems largely from his practice of writing under "heteronyms." More than just nom de plumes, Pessoa's heteronyms came with distinct biographies, careers, life spans, even horoscopes. In The Book of Disquiet, Pessoa came as close as he ever would to autobiography. Left on disordered scraps of paper in a trunk, the fragments that make up The Book of Disquiet record in disjunct entries a vast interior landscape and daily minutiae, making for a discontinuous, gently unhinged monologue in daybook form.

About the Author

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.