The book of disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa
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Sitting at his desk, Bernardo Soares imagined himself free forever of Rua dos Douradores, of his boss Vasques, of Moreira the book-keeper, of all the other employees, the errand boy, the post boy, even the cat. But if he left them all tomorrow and discarded the suit of clothes he wears, what else would he do? Because he would have to do something.
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Portuguese Poets, Poetas portugueses, Fiction, Biografía, Biography, Modern fiction, General, Poetry, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Poetry (poetic works by one author), Pessoa, fernando, 1888-1935, Poets, biography, Portugal, biography, Notebooks, sketchbooks, Authors, portuguese, Biographie, Poètes portugais, Biographies, Poets, PortuguesePlaces
Lisbon (Portugal)Times
20th century, Siglo XX, 20e siècleShowing 5 featured editions. View all 85 editions?
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Livro do Desassossego
2014-03, Tinta-da-China
paperback
in Portuguese
- 1.a edição.
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Libro del desasosiego: Compuesto por Bernardo Soares, auxiliar de tenedor de libros en la ciudad de Lisboa
2000, Emecé
Paperback
in Spanish
- 2a imp.
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The book of disquietude: by Bernardo Soares, assistant bookkeeper in the city of Lisbon
1996, Sheep Meadow Press
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Various printings.
This translation originally published: 1991.
Translated from the Portuguese.
Includes bibliographical references.
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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. --
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