Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. Fernando pessoa, author of the book of disquiet, on librarything. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. I want pessoa to be as great as the version zenith presents. Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet. In 1912, fernando pessoa entered the literary world with a critical essay, published in the cultural journal a aguia, which triggered one of the most important literary debates in the portuguese intellectual world of the 20th century.
We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. There are other books here that clearly extend the definition of novel think w g sebald and there is no doubt, as in other art forms, the definition of novel is changing and is. His book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of paper and published nearly 50 years after pessoa. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. This volume brings back into print the comprehensive collection of. Fall 2015 603 awell eknownpoetonceaskedmeifiwoulddohimthefavoroftransl ating. The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad.
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. 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. According to his author, this alter ego was born in tavira, portugal, studied mechanical engineering and finally graduated in ship engineering in glasgow. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. Music for body and spirit meditation music recommended for you. Written over the course of fernando pessoas life, the book of disquiet was first published in 1982, pieced together from the thousands of individual manuscript pages left behind after his death in 1935. In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. The right to live and triumph is now conquered almost by the same means by which you conquer internment in an asylum. The portuguese writer fernando pessoa complicates the idea of fictionality, by underscoring the fact that the personality of soares the fictional author of the book of disquiet is neither his own nor completely different, and showing how pessoa was constrained by his own creations and creativity. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator. A poem see other formats project gutenbergs antinous.
His book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa if you read this, you need to know what you are signing up for, so, below, ill let pessoa speak for himself. The observer pessoa s rapid prose, snatched in flight and restlessly suggestive, remains haunting, often startling, like the touch of a vibrating wire, elusive and persistent like the poetry. Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet. Fernando pessoa was a poet and did not write a single novel. He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms. Fundacao calouste gulbenkian ccdrlvt porlvt feder dglb. Semiheteronimo fernando pessoa considera, em cartas e anotacoes pessoais, bernardo soares um tipo particular dentre os seus heteronimos, ou seja, um semiheteronimo, porque como o proprio criador explica nao sendo a personalidade a minha, e, nao diferente da minha, mas uma simples mutilacao dela.
Fernando pessoa, life and work, comicbook, bernardo soares, a day in the life of. Though his book livro do desassossego the book of disquiet is clearly not a novel, it is difficult to classify. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and if not signed in for advertising. Pessoa is the portuguese word for person, and there is nothing he less wanted to be. Fernando pessoa 18881935 a poet who lived most his life in lisbon, portugal, and who died in obscurity there has in recent years gained international recognition as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa is currently considered a single author. Written over the course of fernando pessoa s life, the book of disquiet was first published in 1982, pieced together from the thousands of individual manuscript pages left behind after his death in 1935. Fernando pessoa, 1888 1935 portuguese poet fernando pessoa was born in lisbon. Pessoa fernando quotes in todays life, the world belongs only to the stupid, the insensitive and the agitated. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa.
Selected prose of fernando pessoa, paperback by pessoa, fernando. Dec 04, 2010 fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. During this time, pessoa became fluent in english and was educated in cape town and lisbon. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Furthermore, a great number of the books which fernando pessoa read, and conserved. As a summary of the work of the writer generally known as fernando pessoa, this autobiographical declaration poses some unusual problems. My life outside of work has become a kind of work, full of duties and responsibilities from which i long to escape. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. The former walking dead star relied on her own heartbreaking experiences in her new nbc series, council of dads. Livro do desassossego wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Now this fragmentary modernist masterpiece appears in a major new edition that unites margaret jull costas celebrated translation with previously missing texts, presented for the first time in.
His father died when he was young and his mother married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa where they lived from 1896 to 1951. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. I cant tell which of the three englishlanguage editions of the book of disquiet ive read. Howes fernando pessoa is widely considered to be the greatest portuguese poet of the twentieth century and a major writer of european stature. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. Its a series of vignettes, random thoughts and meditations all written between 19 and 1935. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. October 15, 1890 november 30, 1935 was one of the poet fernando pessoas various heteronyms, widely known by his powerful and wrathful writing style. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. A modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to ulysses, the trial or in search of lost time, fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is edited and translated with an introduction by richard zenith in penguin modern classics. Fernando pessoa has 734 books on goodreads with 160999 ratings. 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.
Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. October 15, 1890 november 30, 1935 was one of the poet fernando pessoa s various heteronyms, widely known by his powerful and wrathful writing style. Most of pessoas prolific writings, only a single volume of which appeared in. Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Under the orthonym fernando pessoa he did write an introduction, but he credited the texts themselves to two different authors, his semiheteronyms vicente guedes who endured his empty life with masterly indifference and bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper. He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style.
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