The Book of Disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa
The Book of Disquiet
by Fernando Pessoa
Book Summary
Fernando Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet stands as a masterwork of literary introspection, offering readers an intimate journey into the fragmented mind of its semi-fictional narrator, Bernardo Soares. This book, compiled posthumously from a trove of notes and fragments, is less a conventional narrative and more a mosaic of thoughts—meditations on existence, identity, and the elusive nature of reality. Blurring the boundaries between author and persona, Pessoa delivers a work that oscillates between poetic beauty and philosophical melancholy, providing profound insights into the human condition.
- Identity is inherently fragmented—the self is...
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