The Book of Disquiet (PESSOA, Fernando)

Edited and Translated with an Introduction by Richard Zenith.

"One of the defining texts of the modern world" - Nicholas Lezard, Guardian

"One of the twentieth century's greatest literary talents... This superb edition of The Book of Disquiet is... a masterpiece" - John Lanchester, Daily Telegraph

"This unique masterpiece - unique because there is nothing quite like it in western literature - purports to be the 'factless autobiography' of an assistant book-keeper named Bernardo Soares, written in notebooks and on odd scraps of paper... The Book of Disquiet was left in a trunk which might never have been opened. The gods must be thanked that it was" - Paul Bailey, Independent

"Extraordinary... a haunting mosaic of dreams, autobiographical vignettes, shards of literary theory... Wherever you dip, there are 'rich hours' and teasing depths" - George Steiner, Observer

Richard Zenith lives in Lisbon, where he works as a freelance writer, researcher and translator. He has edited and translated many works by Fernando Pessoa, including A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe - Selected Poems and The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa.