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Though celebrated as a poet, Fernando Pessoa’s prolific prose spans novels, short stories, letters, and essays, reflecting his fascination with intellectual inquiry, Platonic dialogue, and the literary alter egos he created—his heteronyms. This anthology gathers representative works that reveal Pessoa’s experiments with surrealist automatics, occult themes, and vibrant literary debates among his heteronyms, including manifestos, critical essays, and an unusual love letter from his only known female heteronym. A generous selection from *The Book of Disquiet*, freshly translated by Richard Zenith, is also featured, drawing from newly discovered materials.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: Fernando Pessoa
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