{"product_id":"pessoa-an-experimental-life-9780141998299","title":"Pessoa: An Experimental Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eRichard Zenith's Pessoa is a groundbreaking literary biography that reveals the life and work of the enigmatic Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. Zenith charts Pessoa's creative genius and explores his use of multiple names and styles, demonstrating how they were projections of his own identity. 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