{"product_id":"the-book-of-disquiet-9780141183046","title":"The Book of Disquiet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prizewinning, complete and unabridged translation--\"the best English-language version we are likely to see for a long time, if ever\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e)--of a work of unclassifiable genius: the crowning achievement of Portugal's modern master\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the Calouste Gulbenkian Translation Prize for Portuguese Translation \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fernando Pessoa was many writers in one. He attributed his prolific writings to a wide range of alternate selves, each of which had a distinct biography, ideology, and horoscope. When he died in 1935, Pessoa left behind a trunk filled with unfinished and unpublished writings, among which were the remarkable pages that make up his posthumous masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Disquiet\u003c\/i\u003e, an astonishing work that, in George Steiner's words, \"gives to Lisbon the haunting spell of Joyce's Dublin or Kafka's Prague.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published for the first time some fifty years after his death, this unique collection of short, aphoristic paragraphs comprises the \"autobiography\" of Bernardo Soares, one of Pessoa's alternate selves. Part intimate diary, part prose poetry, part descriptive narrative, captivatingly translated by Richard Zenith, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Disquiet\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the greatest works of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Pessoa is a genius.\" --Andr  Aciman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780141183046\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/09\/2002 pg. 77\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Fernando Pessoa","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36634802520220,"sku":"9780141183046","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b571addc-b342-43a3-845e-57d083b68625.jpg?v=1603837690","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-book-of-disquiet-9780141183046","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}