{"product_id":"the-selected-prose-of-fernando-pessoa-9780802159151","title":"The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/i\u003eBest Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003eThough known primarily as a poet, Fernando Pessoa, a writer of \"remarkable genius\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) wrote prose widely, in several languages and in every genre. Now newly expanded and revised by award-winning translator and Pessoa biographer Richard Zenith, \u003ci\u003eThe Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa \u003c\/i\u003espans fiction and drama, playful intellectual inquiry, Platonic dialogue, and bitter intellectual scrapping between Pessoa and his many literary alter egos (\"heteronyms\"). In these pieces, the heteronyms launch movements and write manifestos, and one of them attempts to break up Pessoa's only known romantic relationship. Also included is a generous selection from Pessoa's masterpiece \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Disquiet\u003c\/i\u003e. This is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon.\u003cb\u003e\"A modern master to rank alongside Joyce, Kafka, Beckett.\"\u003ci\u003e--Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(UK)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse.\" \u003ci\u003e--Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" [A] delightful collection . . . [Pessoa] is the modernist's modernist: an inspired amalgam of Lewis Carroll, Aristophanes, Erasmus, Voltaire.\" \u003ci\u003e--Washington Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFERNANDO PESSOA\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Lisbon and spent his adult life there, earning a modest living as a commercial translator. Most of his vast body of work was published posthumously. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA writer and renowned translator, \u003cstrong\u003eRICHARD ZENITH\u003c\/strong\u003e has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567916814610,"sku":"9780802159151","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fd1c2847-ebf7-41a5-9ab5-ba11b514652d.jpg?v=1774449314","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-selected-prose-of-fernando-pessoa-9780802159151","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}