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The Book of Disquiet (Penguin Classics)

Name: The Book of Disquiet (Penguin Classics)
ISBN: 081122693X

For the first time―and in the best translation ever―the complete Book of Disquiet, a masterpiece beyond comparisonThe Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoa’s greatest literary achieve

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“When all by myself, I can think of all kinds of clever remarks, quick comebacks to what no one said, and flashes of witty sociability with nobody. But all of this vanishes when I face someone in the flesh: I lose my intelligence, I can no longer speak, and after half an hour I just feel tired. Talki…”

— Fernando Pessoa, goodreads.com

Tagged: Introvert

“I do not sleep. I half-exist.”

— Fernando Pessoa, amazon.com

Tagged: Insomnia, Exist, Living