Credited to pessoas alter ego, bernardo soares, who chronicles his contemplations in this socalled factless autobiography, the work is a journey of one mans soul and, by extension, of all human souls. Where do i find the ebook or epub of the book of disquiet. The book of disquiet penguin classics fernando pessoa, richard zenith on free shipping on qualifying offers. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoa s death. Fernando pessoa, translator richard zenith download the selected prose of fernando pessoa fernando pessoa translator richard zenith ebook.
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