We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. The statement is possible since pessoa, whose name means person in portuguese, had three alter egos who wrote in styles completely different from his own. Mensagem e um livro do poeta portugues fernando pessoa. Buy poems of fernando pessoa reprint by fernando pessoa, edwin honig isbn. Dec 04, 2010 fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. Much studied by pessoan critics, who have different interpretations regarding the books proper organization, the book of disquiet was first published in portuguese in 1982, 47 years after pessoas death the author died at age 47 in 1935. Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet. Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week.
The transformation book provides significant insight. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. Fernando pessoa 18881935, the portuguese poet, literary critic, and essayist, is one of the most significant literary figures of the twentieth century. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u.
Esta traduzida em varias linguas e pode ser dividida em duas grandes categorias ortonima e heteronima. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. T he melancholy writer fernando pessoa, who died 75 years ago this week, was likely unaware of the effect he would have on portugal decades later. Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. I have been sleeping in the spare room for 4 months and lets just say my sex life had become pretty boring. Book of disquiet reveals a reclusive authors soul author fernando pessoa may have been a loner who lived most of his life in a single room in. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa.
Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. The book of disquiet also translated as the book of disquietude has a format somewhat like a journal or diary and is also a collection of vignettes and reflections. Fernando pessoa, raul leal, immoral books, moralizing campaign, pamphlets abstract in 1923, fernando pessoa published two pamphlets against the moralizing campaign of the socalled action league of lisbon students, a group of catholic students who pressed and. I want pessoa to be as great as the version zenith presents. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. A modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to ulysses, the trial or in search of lost time, fernando pessoa s the book of disquiet is edited and translated with an introduction by richard zenith in penguin modern classics. Dec 25, 2009 book of disquiet reveals a reclusive authors soul author fernando pessoa may have been a loner who lived most of his life in a single room in lisbon, portugal. Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. Fernando pessoa, the transformation book by contra mundum. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. Buy the book of disquiet penguin modern classics new ed by pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard isbn. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa.
He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms. The washington post book world has written that fernando pessoa was portugals greatest writer of the twentieth century though some critics would even leave off that last qualifying phrase and one of the most appealing european modernists, equal in command and range to his contemporaries rilke and mandelstam. His book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of paper and published nearly 50 years after pessoa. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. I know nothing at once so false and so meaningful as that saying of leonardo da vinci that one can only love or hate something once one has understood it. Isto tambem porque a sua obra permaneceu, em grande parte, inedita. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa, foi um poeta, escritor, publicitario, astrologo, critico literario, inventor, empresario, tradutor, correspondente comercial, filosofo e comentarista politico portugues. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Conversely, the author fernando pessoa had a dual linguistic homeland, which encompassed both portuguese and english, having lived in south africa from school age and having had a formal education in the latter language. Press preparacao ana maria alvares revisao luciana baraldi ana luiza couto 2012 todos os direitos desta edicao reservados a editora claro enigma rua sao lazaro, 233. The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad. Vivia sozinho, na baixa, num quarto alugado perto do escritorio onde trabalhava e dos escritorios onde trabalhava fernando pessoa. The selected prose of fernando pessoa fernando pessoa.
The book of disquiet serpents tail classics pessoa, fernando, costa, margaret jull, boyd, william on. Explore free books, like the victory garden, and more browse now. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas. Join facebook to connect with nota positiva and others you may know. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. Fernando pessoa nota biografica nota biografica 1935 nome completo. Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. The selected prose of fernando pessoa is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon. Feb 28, 2014 the transformation book, which belongs to pessoa s preheteronymic period, contains a series of fragments written in english, portuguese, and french, none of which were ever published during. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected.