{"product_id":"9780802198501","title":"The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa","description":"\u003cb\u003eA selection of prose by “Portugal’s greatest writer of the twentieth century . . . as addictive, and endearing, as Borges and Calvino” (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Building on the wonderful \u003ci\u003eFernando Pessoa \u0026amp; Co.: Selected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, which was acclaimed by \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e as “a beautiful one-volume course in the soul of the twentieth century,” translator Richard Zenith has now edited and translated selections from Pessoa’s prose, offering a second volume of this forgotten master’s flights of imagination and melancholy wit.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Though known primarily as a poet, Pessoa wrote prose in several languages and every genre—the novel, short stories, letters, and essays. The pieces collected here span intellectual inquiry, Platonic dialogue, and literary rivalries between Pessoa’s many alter egos—a diverse cast of literary voices he called ‘heteronyms’—who launch movements and write manifestos.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e There are appreciations of Shakespeare, Dickens, Wilde, and Joyce; critical essays in which one heteronym derides the work of another; experiments with automatic writing; and works that toy with the occult. Also included is a generous selection from Pessoa’s masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Disquiet\u003c\/i\u003e, freshly translated by Richard Zenith from newly discovered materials.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Fernando Pessoa was one of the greatest exponents of modernism. \u003ci\u003eThe Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa\u003c\/i\u003e is an important contribution to literature that brings back to life a forgotten but crucial part of the canon.","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118563999984,"sku":"9780802198501","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802198501_p0.jpg?v=1763666239","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802198501","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}