The Book of Disquietude
The Book of Disquietude
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Summary
First published in 1982, this is the "factless autobiography" of Bernardo Soares, one of the 72 literary personae or "heteronyms" with which Fernando Pessoa created the theatre of his absence. The circular text returns again and again to a protagonist desperate to find out who he is.
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The Book of Disquietude by Fernando Pessoa
The Book of Disquietude is the 'factless autobiography' of Bernardo Soares, one of the 72 literary personae with which Fernando Pessoa created the theatre of himself. Conceived in 1916, Soares is, Pessoa declares, 'a mutilation' of his own personality. This is the first, and only complete, English edition. Other versions are abridgements. The translator and scholar Richard Zenith includes all the 'fragments' which made up the 1982 edition, 48 additional fragments and some from the Pessoa archive never previously published. He provides a full introduction and notes.
Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) was the greatest Portuguese poet of the last century, and is one of Europe's greatest poets too. When he died he left a trunk full of poetry, philosophical writings, criticism and other texts. There are 25,426 items in the archive, including those that constitute The Book of Disquietude (Carcanet, 1997). Carcanet was the first English-language publisher of Fernando Pessoa in 1971. In 1997 Carcanet published Richard Zenith's translation of The Book of Disquietude. RICHARD ZENITH is a noted translator from the Portuguese. His version of Fernando Pessoa's Book of Disquietude was published in Carcanet's `Aspects of Portugal' series.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781857543018 |
| ISBN 10 | 1857543017 |
| Title | The Book of Disquietude |
| Author | Richard Zenith |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Carcanet Press Ltd. |
| Year published | 1997-01-30 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |