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 - MSarki - LibraryThingI felt sad when it ended, but glad I finished it. This is a lovely book for exposing one's interior, but I feel that almost anyone thoughtful enough could have written it. It is a book for all "like ... Read full review
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User Review - ursula - LibraryThingThe book has got an interesting origin story. Pessoa wrote it in bits and pieces, on scraps of paper, over years. It is the diary of sorts of one of his alter egos, Bernardo Soares, who lives and ... 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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