The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
"The Book of Disquiet" is a posthumously published collection of thoughts and musings of a solitary dreamer, who is a Lisbon-based bookkeeper. The book delves into the mind of a man who is discontented with his mundane life and finds solace in dreaming and writing. The narrative is a profound reflection on life, solitude, and the nature of humanity, filled with philosophical insights and poetic language. The protagonist's introspective journey and his struggles with existential despair make it a seminal work in the genre of literary modernism.
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- Published
- 1982
- Nationality
- Portuguese
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 240-544
- Original Language
- Portuguese
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- Alternate Titles
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- A Nyugtalanság Könyve
- Das Buch der Unruhe
- El Libro del Desasosiego
- El libro del desasosiego
- Het Boek der Rusteloosheid
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- 5th on Fifty French Writers Choose Their Favorite 10 Books (On en garde 10 ! Pour la littérature)
- 26th on The 100 Best Books from 1900 to the Present (Yedioth Ahronoth)
- 31st on 4chan’s Literature Board’s Aggregate Top 100 Books for the Decade 2014 - 2024 (Reddit)
- 35th on El Pais Favorite Books of 100 Spanish Authors (El Pais)
- 42nd on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
- 47th on 'The perfect library': the 196 books selected by 133 personalities (XLSemanal and Zenda)
- 60th on TrueLit's Top 100 Favorite Books (2023) (/r/TrueLit)
- 90th on The 100 Most Important Translations (Notos Magazine (Turkey))
- 196th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 288th on Our Users' Honorable Mention Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- 100 Must-Read Classics in Translation (Bookriot)
- 200 Books That Shaped 200 Years of Literature (The Center for Fiction)
- 40 Most Important Books, 1927-2001 (World Literature Today)
- A Century of World Literature 1925 - 2025 (Der Spiegel)
- Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher (Harenberg Buch der 1000 Bücher)
- The 100 Novels That Have Most Enthralled "Le Monde" Since 1944 (Le Monde)
- Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
- Zeit Literaturkanon (https://www.librarything.com/award/335/ZEIT-Literaturkanon)