With Fernando Pessoa, a critical reading of the book of restlessness

Author's name: Kamil Abu Hanesh Publisher: Tabaq Publishing and Distribution Year of publication: 2024 Literary classification: Literary critique About the book: With Fernando Pessoa, a critical reading of "The Disquietude" book, by the Palestinian writer and detainee in the Israeli occupation prisons, Kamil Abu Hanesh, within the project "Free Words," which aims to document the literature of freedom. This book, which is 200 pages of medium size and designed by artist Ayman Harb, comes as a qualitative shift in Abu Hanesh's writings, as he completed it in Rimon prison, relying on objective critique tools in the experience of the Portuguese Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935). The Portuguese Pessoa is considered one of the most important literary figures of the twentieth century, and one of the greatest poets of the Portuguese language. His book "The Disquietude" is regarded as a record of Pessoa's diaries over more than twenty years and is among the most famous books of the Portuguese writer. He began writing it in 1913, the same year the first texts of the book appeared, and continued until just before his death, writing these texts about himself. The book "The Disquietude" spans approximately 427 pages. Kamil Abu Hanesh, a Palestinian writer and detainee, has issued many literary works and studies, the latest of which is "Writing and Prison" (2023), published within "Free Words" by Tabaq House. Abu Hanesh was arrested in 2003 and sentenced by the occupation to life imprisonment nine times. He also survived several assassination attempts.