Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son’s First Son
by Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith
Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son by Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith holds a well received rating of 3.61 out of 5, based on 10.5K reader ratings. First published in 2012. The book spans 544 pages.
About Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son
Fernando Pessoa was many writers in one. He attributed his prolific writings to a wide range of alternate selves, each of which had a distinct biography, ideology, and horoscope. When he died in 1935, Pessoa left behind a trunk filled with unfinished and unpublished writings, among which were the remarkable pages that make up his posthumous masterpiece, The Book of Disquiet, an astonishing work that, in George Steiner's words, "gives to Lisbon the haunting spell of Joyce's Dublin or Kafka's Prague." Published for the first time some fifty years after his death, this unique collection of short, aphoristic paragraphs comprises the "autobiography" of Bernardo Soares, one of Pessoa's alternate selves. Part intimate diary, part prose poetry, part descriptive narrative, captivatingly translated by Richard Zenith, The Book of Disquiet is one of the greatest works of the twentieth century.
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Author | Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith |
| Published | 2012 |
| Pages | 544 |
| Kindle Price | $12.99 |
| Genres | Fiction, Poetry, Classics, Philosophy, Biography & Memoir |
| Average Rating | 3.61 / 5.00 |
| Total Ratings | 10,547 |
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Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son is categorized as Fiction, Poetry, Classics, Philosophy. Its primary genre classification is Biography & Memoir.
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Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son was written by Fernando Pessoa, Richard Zenith. It was first published in 2012.
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The ISBN-13 for Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son is 9781594488410.0.
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