The Book of DisquietWith its astounding hardcover reviews Richard Zenith's new complete translation of THE BOOK OF DISQUIET has now taken on a similar iconic status to ULYSSES, THE TRIAL or IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME as one of the greatest but also strangest modernist texts. An assembly of sometimes linked fragments, it is a mesmerising, haunting 'novel' without parallel in any other culture. |
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User Review - datrappert - LibraryThingHow to even begin to review or give a rating to what, at least in my reading experience, is a unique book. This is a completely inward chronicle of a man obsessed by the world of his dreams and ... Read full review
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User Review - antao - LibraryThingYou'll admit I'm sure that many do indeed adopt nihilism/inner 'emptiness'/void gazing/ennui -- Motorcycle Emptiness for short -- as a social pose, as a way of attracting chums, sexual and otherwise ... Read full review
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Book of Disquiet Classics Series Modern classics Penguin classics |
| Author | Fernando Pessoa |
| Translated by | Richard Zenith |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Limited, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0141183047, 9780141183046 |
| Length | 544 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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