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The book of disquiet / Fernando Pessoa ; edited by Jerónimo Pizarro ; translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Portuguese Publisher: New York : New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2017Copyright date: ©2013Copyright date: ©2017Description: xix, 468 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780811226936
  • 081122693X
Uniform titles:
  • Livro do desassossego. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The Book of Disquiet (First Phase) -- The Book of Disquiet (Second Phase): From The Book of Disquiet composed by Bernardo Soares, assistant book-keeper in the city of Lisbon.
Summary: The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa's greatest literary achievement. An "autobiography" or "diary" containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete English edition by master translator Margaret Jull Costa. Most of the texts in The Book of Disquiet are written under the semi-heteronym Bernardo Soares, an assistant bookkeeper. This existential masterpiece was first published in Portuguese in 1982, forty-seven years after Pessoa's death. A monumental literary event, this exciting, new, complete edition spans Fernando Pessoa's entire writing life. -- Publisher's description.
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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction In Case You Missed It PESSOA FERNANDO ICYMI: Recently New Checked out 07/10/2024 33111011195506
Total holds: 0

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The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa's greatest literary achievement. An "autobiography" or "diary" containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete English edition by master translator Margaret Jull Costa. Most of the texts in The Book of Disquiet are written under the semi-heteronym Bernardo Soares, an assistant bookkeeper. This existential masterpiece was first published in Portuguese in 1982, forty-seven years after Pessoa's death. A monumental literary event, this exciting, new, complete edition spans Fernando Pessoa's entire writing life.

The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa's greatest literary achievement. An "autobiography" or "diary" containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete English edition by master translator Margaret Jull Costa. Most of the texts in The Book of Disquiet are written under the semi-heteronym Bernardo Soares, an assistant bookkeeper. This existential masterpiece was first published in Portuguese in 1982, forty-seven years after Pessoa's death. A monumental literary event, this exciting, new, complete edition spans Fernando Pessoa's entire writing life. -- Publisher's description.

The Book of Disquiet (First Phase) -- The Book of Disquiet (Second Phase): From The Book of Disquiet composed by Bernardo Soares, assistant book-keeper in the city of Lisbon.

Originally published in Portuguese as Livro do desassossego.

First published in Portuguese as Livro do desassossego.

Includes bibliographical references.

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