{"product_id":"the-book-of-disquiet-by-fernando-pessoa","title":"The Book Of Disquiet By Fernando Pessoa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: 28\/05\/2015\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Fiction - Classics - Poetry - Philosophy - Portugal - Literature - Portuguese Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"scope_book_description\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFernando Pessoa's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Book of Disquiet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eor\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e. This complete and unabridged edition – published in Penguin Modern Classics - is edited and translated with an introduction by Richard Zenith\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The best English-language version we are likely to see for a long time, if ever' -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e*Winner of the Calouste Gulbenkian Translation Prize for Portuguese Translation*\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fernando Pessoa, strictly speaking, doesn't exist,' - so claimed Alvaro de Campos, one of the 'heteronyms', fully-realised substitute personalities invented by Fernando Pessoa to spare himself the trouble of living real life. In this extraordinary book, the putative 'factless autobiography' of an accountant named Bernardo Soares, Fernando Pessoa explores and dismantles the nature of memory, identity, time and narrative, creating one of the greatest - but also the strangest - modernist texts. An assembly of sometimes-linked fragments, The Book of Disquiet is a mesmerising, haunting 'novel' without parallel in any other culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition includes notes on the reconstruction of the text, appendices containing material omitted from the final version and letters which Pessoa intended to incorporate into the text. This edition also includes a table of the 'heteronyms' used by Pessoa in his writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFernando Pessoa (1888– 1935) was born in Lisbon but went to live in Durban, South Africa, at the age of seven. He returned to Lisbon in 1905. A prolific writer who ascribed much of his work to a variety of personas, or heteronyms, Pessoa published relatively little of his vast output and supported himself by writing letters in English for import– export firms. Although acknowledged as an intellectual and a poet, his literary genius went largely unrecognized until after his death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRichard Zenith lives in Lisbon, where he works as a freelance writer, researcher and translator. He has edited and translated many works by Fernando Pessoa, including\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Little Larger Than the Entire Universe – Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e. His\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePessoa: An Experimental Life\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ewas a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Biography.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-spec\" data-testid=\"publisher-information\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"isbn\"\u003e9780241200131\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"numberOfPages\"\u003e656\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"height\"\u003e198\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"width\"\u003e129\u003c\/span\u003e x \u003cspan itemprop=\"depth\"\u003e39\u003c\/span\u003e mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWeight:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"weight\"\u003e482 g\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"inLanguage\"\u003eEnglish (Language of text), Portuguese (Original language of a translated text)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53746806423865,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/9780241200131-jacket-large.webp?v=1783548805","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/the-book-of-disquiet-by-fernando-pessoa","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}