By Fernando Pessoa. Translated with introduction by Alfred Mac Adam.
Pessoa's most famous work depicts a vast interior landscape laced with daily minutiae and aphoristic brilliance
The eternal mystique of Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) stems largely from his practice of writing under "heteronyms." More than just nom de plumes, Pessoa's heteronyms came with distinct biographies, careers, life spans, even horoscopes. In The Book of Disquiet, Pessoa came as close as he ever would to autobiography. Left on disordered scraps of paper in a trunk, the fragments that make up The Book of Disquiet record in disjunct entries a vast interior landscape and daily minutiae, making for a discontinuous, gently unhinged monologue in daybook form.
FORMAT: Pbk, 6 x 8 in. / 304 pgs. LIST PRICE: U.S. $17.95 LIST PRICE: CANADA $24.95 GBP £15.99 ISBN: 9781878972279 PUBLISHER: Exact Change AVAILABLE: 9/30/2010 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely AVAILABILITY: Not available TERRITORY: WORLD
Published by Exact Change. By Fernando Pessoa. Translated with introduction by Alfred Mac Adam.
Pessoa's most famous work depicts a vast interior landscape laced with daily minutiae and aphoristic brilliance
The eternal mystique of Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) stems largely from his practice of writing under "heteronyms." More than just nom de plumes, Pessoa's heteronyms came with distinct biographies, careers, life spans, even horoscopes. In The Book of Disquiet, Pessoa came as close as he ever would to autobiography. Left on disordered scraps of paper in a trunk, the fragments that make up The Book of Disquiet record in disjunct entries a vast interior landscape and daily minutiae, making for a discontinuous, gently unhinged monologue in daybook form.
