The Book of Disquiet
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Editor's review
Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who love philosophical essays and interior monologue, and who enjoy fragmented reading and deep reflection
- Explorers who keep thinking about and are troubled by modernity, self-identity, and existential questions
- Literary lovers who appreciate a cold, poetic, intensely introspective style
- Those who often feel alienated in urban life and seek resonance and solace in literature
Not a good fit for
- Readers expecting a complete plot, a traditional narrative structure, or a clear thematic conclusion
- Readers seeking light, inspirational content or clear life guidance
Reading tips
- Don't feel you must read it in one sitting or in order; keep it within reach and open to any page whenever you feel the need for introspection
- Try to let go of the urge to "understand everything" and instead feel the mood and rhythm of thought the words create, treating the book as an invitation to a dialogue with yourself
- Read it alongside Pessoa's life and his other heteronymic works (such as Alberto Caeiro and Ricardo Reis) to better appreciate the singular charm of his "heteronym system"
About the publisher
Flower City Publishing House focuses on literary publishing, covering categories such as classic works, foreign literature, folk literature, Eastern philosophy, essays and miscellaneous writings, and social novels. Representative books in the library include Lu Xun's Call to Arms, Lao She's Camel Xiangzi and Four Generations Under One Roof, editions related to Confucius's The Analects, and Chinese translations of foreign classics such as Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina and Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities. Its author resources include classic writers such as Lu Xun, Lao She, and Confucius, as well as translators and scholars such as Li Gang, Chen Puqing, and Zhang Ling. The publisher's characteristic approach is to organize editions around literary classics and celebrated Chinese and foreign works, while also including folk literature and Eastern philosophy titles. Public information is limited, so this introduction emphasizes the publishing directions reflected in the books held in the library.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 关于作者
- 作者序言
- 标题部分
- 自我检验
- 我们的静默夫人
- 巴伐利亚国王路德维希二世的丧礼进行曲
- 在隔离的森林里
- 树林
- 连祷文
- 没有实现的旅行（一）
- 想像的旅行
- 人工修饰的美学
- 假期随笔
- 自传的片断
- 气馁的美学
- 不付邮的信
- 单人纸牌游戏
- 万花筒
- 丧礼进行曲（一）
- 丧礼进行曲（二）
- 无名战士墓
- “占有”的湖（一）
- 帝国传奇
- 清醒的日记
- 佩德罗的田园曲
- 圆柱列
- 三角形的梦（一）
- 三角形的梦（二）
- 雷雨
- 雨景
- 不安之夜交响曲（一）
- 不安之夜交响曲（二）
- 荒谬
- 歌颂荒谬
- 悲伤的间奏（一）
- 悲伤的间奏（二）
- 悲伤的间奏（三）
- 悲伤的间奏（四）
- 悲伤的间奏（五）
- 悲伤的间奏（六）
- 间奏（一）
- 间奏（二）
- 无标题部分
- “我思想……”
- “在内心世界造出一个民族……”
- “为什么这一切不可以是……”
- “在海岸的小湾角那里……”
- “在我出生的那个年代……”
- “海难？不，我没有经历过……”
- “……我从巍峨的梦境回到……”
- “我对生活要求很少……”
- “我羡慕——可是我不肯定……”
- “我所写的，丝毫不能改变……”
- “我在镜里所见的自己的形象……”
- “让每一种情绪有一种性格……”
- “我羡慕所有的人……”
- “不知道什么缘故，有时我会觉得……”
- “雨声渗出静寂……”
- “抽象的智力活动……”
- “卡埃罗写过两行朴素的诗……”
- “跟塔古斯河上空那些不安地飞来飞去的……”
- “人类灵魂的一生……”
- “下着大雨，大些，更大些……”
- “如果我没有什么长处……”
- “我为自己不完美的文字哭泣……”
- “像刚刚开始那么轻淡，落潮……”
- “我永远生活于现在……”
- “如果生活的内容是在窗前站立不动……”
- “我为什么要担心没有人读我的作品？……”
- “我没有愤慨的感觉……”
- “因为无事可做……”
- “……世界——本能力量的粪堆……”
- “每一种奋斗……”
- “外面，是柔和的月夜……”
- “每次完成一篇作品……”
- “有些人工作是因为无聊……”
- “雨云转移到南方之后……”
- “斜坡带引我们去磨坊……”
- “黄昏变成黑夜之前……”
- “无论生活多么苦……”
- “有时，我会怀着凄凉的欣慰想像……”
- “最痛的感觉……”
- “我以忿忿不平的心情为时间流逝伤心……”
- “我们不知道白日的尽头……”
- “云……今天，我意识到天空……”
- “白昼流畅地没入虚脱的紫色……”
- “周围的一切都在溜走……”
- “我有最相反的意见……”
- “我比时间和空间更老……”
- “想像的插曲……”
- “灵魂的大悲剧是……”
- “庄严的哀伤……”
- “对于我，做一个退休少校……”
- “抚摸过基督的脚……”
- “今天我突然有一种荒诞但是真实的感觉……”
- “起先是一种声音……”
- “让我们连手指尖也别碰生活……”
- “我几乎可以肯定自己从来没有醒过……”
- “我们一路走着……”
- “我们崇拜完美……”
- “金钱是美丽的……”
- “我的灵魂是一个秘密的乐园……”
- “有些日子，我所见的人……”
- “我经常关切的事……”
- “夏季将尽……”
- “我不知道有多少人曾经以应该集中的注意力……”
- “被落日遗弃了的水面……”
- “我们梦见的东西……”
- “我不知道时间是什么……”
- “我看见春天来临……”
- “郊野永远是我们不在的地方……”
- “各自地，我们一起……”
- “把羞辱提升为光荣……”
- “他用轻柔的声音唱……”
- “旅行？活着就是旅行……”
- “现代事物包括……”
- “人不应该看得见自己的面孔……”
- “只要我们明白世界是幻觉和假象……”
- “我没有吃午餐……”
- “我看梦里的风景……”
- 附录
- 给马里奥·德·萨卡内罗的信
- 给母亲的信
- 费尔南多·佩索阿语 （1888—1935）
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About the author
Fernando Pessoa is a highly distinctive poet and prose writer in the history of Portuguese literature. Publicly available details of his life are relatively limited, yet his works have exerted a profound influence through their uniquely introspective quality. The collection here includes ten of his works, spanning categories such as essays and miscellaneous writings and foreign literature, including The Book of Disquiet, The Book of Disquiet, Imagining a Future Rose: Selected Poems of Pessoa, The Book of Dreams and Worries, I Carry the Universe with Me: Pessoa's Poetry Collection, My Heart Is Late: Pessoa's Love Poems, and The Book of Self-Determination. These works are characterized by fragmentary writing, dreamlike philosophical reflection, and repeated questioning of the self's existence, often speaking through heteronyms and moving between lyricism and speculation. His writing is quiet, restrained, and full of tension, revealing loneliness and unease while also showing a deep gaze upon the world and life, offering modern literature a unique spiritual specimen.
Public information about Chen Shi is limited. The thirteen works by this author held in the collection span a remarkably wide range of subjects. They include translations and prose adaptations of foreign literature, such as The Book of Disquiet and a illustrated edition of Nobel: Platero and I, as well as texts on Eastern philosophy and conduct of life, among them Caigentan, Weilu Yeyu and Guiguzi. The list also takes in financial popularizations, such as The Truth About Fund Investment, technical primers like Python Programming Basics, and a medical-history title, Unveiling the History of Transplantation, along with a volume of history. Despite this breadth, the works generally center on accessible retellings of classic texts and the popularization of knowledge, balancing literary quality with practical use and addressing general readers.
