The Book of Disquiet

The Book of Disquiet is a reflection on the wide gap between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of everyday life. It looks at that distance in a self-deprecating way, without pride or show. Its themes are inner feeling, ordinary routine and the space between them. The book is a classic of existentialist literature. Fernando Pessoa wrote it, and it was first published in Portugal in 1982.

Why You Should Read?

• Explore the distance between lofty feelings and the humdrum reality of life in a thoughtful, reflective work.
• Enjoy a self-deprecating voice that looks at its own feelings without flattering them.
• Experience a classic of existentialist literature that keeps its attention on feeling and ordinary life.
• Discover a book by one of the founders of modernism, first published in Portugal in 1982.

About the Author

Fernando Pessoa was a Portuguese poet, critic, translator and publisher, born on 13 June 1888 and died on 30 November 1935. He has been called one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. He also wrote in English and French. He wrote under his own name and under about seventy-five invented names. Three of these are best known: Alberto Caeiro, Álvaro de Campos and Ricardo Reis. He called them heteronyms, a word he made up, because he felt they had minds of their own.