The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition

作者 Fernando Pessoa, Jerónimo Pizarro, Margaret Jull Costa作者
出版社 New Directions
出版时间 2017年8月
ISBN 081122693X 或 9780811226936
定价 164.67

内容简介

Forthefirsttime―andinthebesttranslationever―thecompleteBookofDisquiet,amasterpiecebeyondcomparisonTheBookofDisquietisthePortuguesemodernistmasterFernandoPessoa’sgreatestliteraryachievement.An“autobiography”or“diary”containingexquisitemelancholyobservations,aphorisms,andruminations,thisclassicworkgrappleswithalltheeternalquestions.Now,forthefirsttimethetextsarepresentedchronologically,inacompleteEnglisheditionbymastertranslatorMargaretJullCosta.MostofthetextsinTheBookofDisquietarewrittenunderthesemi-heteronymBernardoSoares,anassistantbookkeeper.ThisexistentialmasterpiecewasfirstpublishedinPortuguesein1982,forty-sevenyearsafterPessoa’sdeath.Amonumentalliteraryevent,thisexciting,new,completeeditionspansFernandoPessoa’sentirewritinglife.

作者简介

(1888–1935),thePortuguesewriter,literarycritic,translator,andpublisher,isoneofthemostsignificantliteraryfiguresofthe20thcentury.Hewrotenotonlyunderhisownnamebutundermanyothers(includingBernardoSoaresandRicardoReis).

— END —