He was also portrayed as a very important literary figure of the twentieth century. The book was listed on the norwegian book clubs list of the 100 best works of fiction of all time, based on the responses of 100 authors from 54. Publishers weeklypessoas amazing personality is as beguiling and mysterious. This little book brings together the fragments of fernando pessoa s estate destined for an english essay entitled essay on poetry poetry on poetry. See all 5 casa fernando pessoa tours on tripadvisor. On a whim, i threw fernando pessoa s i have more souls than one into the cart of my last waterstones order. The book of disquiet project gutenberg selfpublishing. Pessoa wrote the book mainly for himself under the pseudonym bernardo soares, and it was not published until nearly half a century after he died in 1935. Buy fernando pessoa ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. If you learn a bit about his biography before reading, it will help you get a lot more out of the book because pessoa was a fascinating person. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete english edition by master translator. I cant tell which of the three englishlanguage editions of the book of disquiet ive read.
In a first for the book club, this month were talking poetry. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. 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. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback barnes. This book includes some fragments of his diary, short reflections, and adages. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoa s greatest literary achievement. Other versions had been published before that, but they included other peoples writings. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas. Its one of the penguin modern series of fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic penguin modern classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Casa fernando pessoa lisbon 2020 all you need to know. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa reading guidebook.
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We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. But, encouraged by pessoa, a slowness permeated my life. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. Readers with a particular interest in modernism will find this work indispensable. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, 9781846687358, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Fernando pessoa wrote a guide book in english around 1925 specifically to fight what he called portugals demotion from great european capital to smallcountry city. Browse fernando pessoa s bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Feb 20, 2019 the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa. Living fernando pessoas dreamlife in lisbon literary hub. I want pessoa to be as great as the version zenith presents. Largely unfamiliar with his works, i was aware, however, that he has the reputation of being not only the foremost poet and writer in portuguese of the last century, but one of the greatest of all twentiethcentury writers as well.
Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Unless, perhaps, the city is lisboa and your prospective guide is the poet and writer fernando pessoa. Two motives for attending meetings about fernando pessoa s books. Credited to pessoas alter ego, bernardo soares, who chronicles his contemplations in this socalled factless autobiography, the work. The writing of fernando pessoa reveals a mind shaken by intense inner suffering. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock.
There are flashes of sly humour, too, moments when the book of disquiet reads like an existential diary of. This wonderful text is considered fernando pessoa s best book of prose and was published after his death. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. Livro do desassossego the book of disquiet, fernando pessoa the book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. 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. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa was a portuguese writer, poet and translator known best for his use of heteronyms, fictional characters with their.
Fernando pessoa audio books, best sellers, author bio. Assembled from notes and jottings left unpublished at the time of the authors death, the book of disquiet is a collection of aphoristic prosepoetry musings on dreams, solitude, time and memory. By bernardo soares, assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon. This is the largest and richest volume of poetry by pessoa available in english. The book of disquiet is a collection of aphoristic prosepoetry musings on dreams, solitude, time and memory. The final edition of this book was published in 2010.
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The book of disquiet penguin modern classics may 30, 2002. He probably belongs to the heavenly club of writers like shakespeare. To read and then contemplate him is to be lifted a little bit above the earth in a floating bubble. Selected poems isbn 9780141184333 pdf epub fernando pessoa. Dec 04, 2010 fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. Melvyn bragg and guests discuss fernando pessoa, one of the greatest and most influential portuguese poets. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. Juin, 1888 november 30, 1935, commonly kent as fernando pessoa, wis a portuguese poet, writer, leeterar creetic, translator, publisher an filosofer, descrived as ane o the maist signeeficant leeterar feegurs o the 20t century an ane o the greatest poets in the portuguese leid. Fernando pessoa published very little in his lifetime. Log in or sign up for facebook to connect with friends, family and people you know.
The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa librarything. If all this sounds rather vague then that is because pessoa wished it so. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 1888 1935. Pessoa was mostly a poet and the book of disquiet can be read, if you wish, as a series of notes for poems as yet unwritten. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon in 1888, died there in. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback. His father died when pessoa was five years old, and the family moved with his mothers new husband, a consul, to durban, south africa, where pessoa attended an english school. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando.
These quotes from the book of disquiet are true works of art. Jan 31, 2019 against pessoas advice, throughout my year of reading the book of disquiet in lisbon, i remained active. He also wrote in and translated from english and french. Great quotes from the book of disquiet exploring your mind. His book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of paper and published nearly 50 years after pessoa. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. Top 9 best fernando pessoa books best fernando pessoa. Boken uppges vara skriven av bernardo soares, en av pessoas manga heteronymer, och bestar av dennes dagboksanteckningar.
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The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa blindness by jose saramago os. An autobiography or diary containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. The prizewinning translationthe best englishlanguage version we are likely to see for a long. The book, like nearly everything else fernando pessoa ever wrote, was never a book. Published by his friends in 1961, it contains pessoas reflections beginning in 1912 at the age of twentyfour as he anticipated world war i. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. The selection for the november 2017 edition of the baltimore online book club was the book of disquiet, by fernando pessoa, a book i had selected. Poems of fernando pessoa by fernando pessoa, paperback. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Margaret jull costa sitting at his desk, bernardo soares imagined himself free forever of rua dos douradores, of his boss vasques, of moreira the book keeper, of all the other employees, the errand boy, the post boy. Aug 29, 2017 the book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. Writing under multiple heteronyms different than a pseudonym, because each was endowed with a different persona rather than just the alteration of a name, pessoa proved to be a prolific writer, poet, philosopher, critic, and translator, even if little came to light during his life. The book of disquiet penguin classics pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard, zenith, richard on. Around the palace, there were few places that offered the option of a quick takeout lunch.