{"product_id":"the-book-of-disquiet-paperback","title":"The Book of Disquiet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFernando Pessoa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Zenith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRichard Zenith\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prizewinning, complete and unabridged translation--\"the best English-language version we are likely to see for a long time, if ever\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e)--of a work of unclassifiable genius: the crowning achievement of Portugal's modern master\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdited, Translated, and with an Introduction by Richard Zenith, the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist \u003ci\u003ePessoa: A Biography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the Calouste Gulbenkian Translation Prize for Portuguese Translation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 When he died in 1935, Pessoa left behind a trunk filled with unfinished and unpublished writings, among which were the remarkable pages that make up his posthumous masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Disquiet\u003c\/i\u003e, an astonishing work that, in George Steiner's words, \"gives to Lisbon the haunting spell of Joyce's Dublin or Kafka's Prague.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published for the first time some fifty years after his death, this unique collection of short, aphoristic paragraphs comprises the \"autobiography\" of Bernardo Soares, one of Pessoa's alternate selves. Part intimate diary, part prose poetry, part descriptive narrative, captivatingly translated by Richard Zenith, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Disquiet\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the greatest works of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Pessoa is a genius.\" --André Aciman \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFernando Pessoa\u003c\/b\u003e (1888-1935) was born in Lisbon and brought up in Durban, South Africa. He returned to Lisbon in 1905. A prolific writer, ascribing his work to a variety of personas or heteronyms, Pessoa published little in his lifetime and supported himself by working as a commercial translator. Although acknowledged as an intellectual and a poet, his literary genius went largely unrecognized until after his death. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRichard Zenith\u003c\/b\u003e (editor, translator, introducer) lives in Lisbon, where he works as a freelance writer, translator, and critic. He was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for \u003ci\u003ePessoa: A Biography.\u003c\/i\u003e His translations include Galician-Portuguese troubadour poetry; novels by Antonio Lobo Antunes; Pessoa's \u003ci\u003eA Little Larger Than the Entire Universe: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFernando Pessoa and Co.: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation; and João Cabral de Melo Neto's \u003ci\u003eEducation by Stone: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Academy of American Poets' Harold Morton Landon Translation Award.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn 2012, Zenith was awarded Portugal's Pessoa Prize.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 31, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51987602833709,"sku":"9780141183046","price":21.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/elRiUDF2U2VDNUdwZXVSMlhXZCtwdz09.webp?v=1776182938","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-book-of-disquiet-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}