I cant tell which of the three englishlanguage editions of the book of disquiet ive read. He attributed his prolific writings to a wide range of alternate selves, each of which had a distinct biography, ideology. Livro do desassossego the book of disquiet, fernando pessoa the book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. Olhei atento a estrada durante todo o dia mas ninguem vinha ou via, ninguem aqui chegou. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Pessoa was a prolific writer, and not only under his own name, for he created approximately seventyfive others. I want pessoa to be as great as the version zenith presents. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics ebook. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers.
Again and again, in both poetry and prose, pessoa denied that he existed as any kind of distinctive individual. He wrote prose and poetry under an array of personae he called heteronyms, many of which had their own subidentities and. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms. 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. Dear, we are very sorry to inform you that our old page named friedrich nietzsche was taken from the air by the platform, on the grounds that we were passing by the author. The transformation book provides significant insight. Four previous english translations, all published in 1991, were compromised either by abridgement, poor translation or errorladen source texts. Fall 2015 603 awell eknownpoetonceaskedmeifiwoulddohimthefavoroftransl ating. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u.
See more ideas about fernando pessoa, writer and words. Fernando pessoa 11101934 poesias ineditas 19301935. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week. As 21 melhores imagens em fernando pessoa fernando pessoa. But fernando pessoas great work offers us a different approach altogether. Fernando pessoa citacoes e pensamentos home facebook. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled.
During this time, pessoa became fluent in english and was educated in cape town and lisbon. Fernando pessoa fernando pessoa, poesias fernando pessoa. He also wrote in and translated from english and french. Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me.
Fernando pessoa has 725 books on goodreads with 157438 ratings. Fernando pessoa fernando pessoa, citacoes e proverbios chineses. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Thanks to the recovery of a trunk, full of unpublished manuscripts, and the recognition of the poets genius, we are slowly beginning to build up a picture of his marvellous universe. Pessoa is the portuguese word for person, and there is nothing he less wanted to be. Fernando pessoa, the transformation book by contra mundum. Brasao bellum sine bello estrutura da mensagem i os campos ii os castelos iii as quinas iv a coroa v o timbre 2. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa, foi um poeta, escritor, publicitario, astrologo, critico literario, inventor, empresario, tradutor, correspondente comercial, filosofo e comentarista politico portugues. Quando enfrentamos um problema, o otimismo nos ajuda a manter a serenidade e a perspectiva. Fernando pessoa remains one of the most enigmatic writers of the 20th century.
The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad. In lisbon there are a few restaurants or eating houses located above decentlooking taverns, places with the heavy, domestic look of restaurants in towns far from any rail line. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. The book of disquiet fernando pessoa great quotes, quotes to live by, awesome.
Pessoa, who died in 1935, is now considered portugals finest modernist. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. An englishly portuguese, endlessly multiple poet duration. 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. 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. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet.
Fernando pessoa 18881935 foi um dos mais importantes poetas. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. The washington post book world has written that fernando pessoa was portugals greatest writer of the twentieth century though some critics would even. As 28 melhores imagens em fernando pessoa fernando. In the 11th hour, in a grateful joint moment, the interview went to clara laughter director of the house fernando pessoa and sergio machado letria director of the jose saramago foundation, with the joint programming of the days of the unrest, book play film the year of the death of ricardo reis, the partnership of both. O pessimismo e bem grande fernando pessoa sentimentos. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher, described as one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest poets in the portuguese language. A presente obra e composta por poesias pessimistas, otimistas, sociais. There are flashes of sly humour, too, moments when the book of disquiet reads like an existential diary of a nobody. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet. This book provides ample evidence of his fruitful, lifelong relationship with the english language. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. Fernando pessoa drinking a glass of wine in a lisbon tavern in 1929. He did not call them all pseudonyms because he felt that some did not. Brasao i os campos ii os castellos iii as quinas iv a coroa v o timbre 3. Fernando pessoas multiple voices have different styles and idioms, and each one is extraordinary.
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. As 21 melhores imagens em fernando pessoa fernando. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Fernando pessoa, 1888 1935 portuguese poet fernando pessoa was born in lisbon. This perpetually unclassifiable and unfinished book of selfreflective fragments was first published in portuguese in 1982, and it is arguably pessoas masterpiece. As 28 melhores imagens em fernando pessoa fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas. 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. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg.