{"product_id":"the-selected-prose-of-fernando-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fernando Pessoa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 080215915X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802159151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.50w x 1.30d","brand":"Fernando Pessoa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996521660671,"sku":"9780802159151","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7863dac0-6442-41a0-bc39-e07abb6ad1f6.jpg?v=1683342168","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-selected-prose-of-fernando-fernando-pessoa-9780802159151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}