u003cpu003eReaders with a particular interest in modernism will find this work indispensable.--u003ciu003ePublishers Weeklyu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003ePessoa's amazing personality is as beguiling and mysterious as his unique poetic output.--William Boydu003c/pu003eu003cpu003eA self-deprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, u003ciu003eThe Book of Disquietu003c/iu003e is a classic of existentialist literature.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eu003cbu003eFernando Pessoau003c/bu003e, one of the founders of modernism, was born in Lisbon in 1888. Most of Pessoa's writing was not published during his lifetime: u003ciu003eThe Book of Disquietu003c/iu003e was first published in Portugal in 1982.u003c/pu003e
