The Book of Disquiet
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Fernando Pessoa
Sitting at his desk, Bernardo Soares imagined himself free forever of Rua dos Douradores, of his boss Vasques, of Moreira the book-keeper, of all the other employees, the errand boy, the post boy, even the cat. But if he left them all tomorrow and discarded the suit of clothes he wears, what else would he do? Because he would have to do something. And what suit would he wear? Because he would have to wear another suit. A self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of his feelings and the humdrum reality of his life, The Book of Disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature.
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Author
Fernando Pessoa
Pages
356
Publisher
Profile Books
Published Date
2010-12-09
ISBN
9781847652379 1847652379
Ratings
Google: 5
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"This is a book FULL of quotable lines. The description calls it self deprecating, and that’s true, but it is also very self important. This felt like reading a man’s desperate attempt to get all of his greatest thoughts and ideas out before it’s too late. It’s a book best taken in bits and pieces, in my estimation, as it does not end up feeling like a task (and it absolutely did feel like a task when I read too much at a time; I found myself wondering when he would be done with it all) and the ideas can settle in and your brain can chew on them a bit before moving on."
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