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A prize-winning international classic, first published in English by Serpent's Tail in 1993, now with a new introduction by William Boyd
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. And what suit would he wear? Because he would have to wear another suit.
A self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of his feelings and the humdrum reality of his life, The Book of Disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature.
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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, PortuguesePeople
Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935)Places
Lisbon (Portugal)Times
20th century, Siglo XX, 20e siècleShowing 5 featured editions. View all 58 editions?
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Libro del desasosiego: compuesto por Bernardo Soares, auxiliar de tenedor de libros en la ciudad de Lisboa
2000, Emecé, c2000
in Spanish
- [3a ed.].
9500421283 9789500421287
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The book of disquietude: by Bernardo Soares, assistant bookkeeper in the city of Lisbon
1996, Sheep Meadow Press
in English
1878818651 9781878818652
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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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