He had written thousands of texts under at least 72 heteronyms besides fernando pessoa. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. I cant tell which of the three englishlanguage editions of the book of disquiet ive read. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. Mensagem poemas esotericos by fernando pessoa 5,962 ratings. Enviado por gilberto godoy um homem demora muito tempo a fazerse. Fernando pessoa biography childhood, life achievements. Pessoa created the semiheteronym bernardo soares, and wrote fictional journal for a period of 20 years, which became the book of disquietude.
He also wrote in and translated from english and french. The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad. Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. His book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. The book of disquiet fernando pessoa fernando pessoa quotes, the words, great quotes. Dessa forma, a venda deste e book ou ate mesmo a sua troca por qualquer contraprestacao e totalmente condenavel em qualquer circunstancia. Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary. I want pessoa to be as great as the version zenith presents. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. 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.
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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. The book of disquiet, for example, which is not a poem or a riddle, is full of them. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. The heteronyms launch movements and write manifestos, and one of them attempts to break up pessoa s only known. Fernando pessoa escreveu sobre o amor em poemas, em cartas, no livro do desassossego e em frases soltas. 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. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet.
We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Transl there might be no better example of a postmodern book. My lack of initiative was the root cause of all my troubles of my inability to want something before having thought about it, of my inability to commit myself, of my inability to decide in the only way one can decide. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. 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. He moved to durban, south africa, as a child, becoming bilingual portuguese, english.
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