Assembled from notes and jottings left unpublished at the time of the authors death, the book of disquiet is a collection of aphoristic prosepoetry musings on dreams, solitude, time and memory. Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. He moved to durban, south africa, as a child, becoming bilingual portuguese, english. The book of disquiet serpents tail classics series by fernando pessoa. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. He was also portrayed as a very important literary figure of the twentieth century. Fernando pessoa, life and work, comicbook, bernardo soares, a day in the life of. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoa s death. Howes fernando pessoa is widely considered to be the greatest portuguese poet of the twentieth century and a major writer of european stature. With pessoa s digitized private library online, the importance of english to pessoa has become indisputable, particularly in his formative years. Shop the latest titles by fernando pessoa at alibris including hardcovers, paperbacks, 1st editions, and audiobooks from thousands of sellers worldwide.
This perpetually unclassifiable and unfinished book of selfreflective fragments was first published in portuguese in 1982, and it is arguably pessoas masterpiece. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. In 1905 he left for south africa with his mother and stepfather who had been appointed portuguese consul in durban. He attributed his prolific writings to a wide range of alternate selves, each of which had a distinct biography, ideology, and horoscope. 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. Fernando pessoa, one of the most original poets of european modernism, was born in lisbon on the th june 1888. The book of disquiet penguin classics fernando pessoa. Buy fernando pessoa ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices.
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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. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. When pessoa died, he left behind a trunk filled with disorderly scraps of unpublished poems and unfinished works, among which was the book. He is distinguished as the most momentous literary figure of the 20th century who played a major role in the development of. Fernando pessoa was one of the most powerful figures of the portuguese literary world who significantly contributed to portuguese literature of the 20 th century. 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. The best fernando pessoa book series also proves that he was oneofthe finest portuguese poets of that time period. He wrote a lot of short poems, many of wich are in message, whose name comes from mens agitat molem mensagem in portuguese, that means the spirit moves matter, from virgils aeneid. The book includes four poems by fernando pessoa himself, and two each respectively by his three major heteronyms, each translation accompanied by the portuguese text handwritten by four different people, referring of course, to those four major persons who authored pessoa s poetry. Fernando pessoa has 725 books on goodreads with 157438 ratings. Fernando pessoa the book of disquiet read by adam sims unabridged. Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers.
The translation is at once penetrating and delicately observant of pessoas astute melancholy. It is a journey of the spirit through the material world and, since it is the spirit that travels, it is in the spirit that it is experienced fernando pessoa. On the low couch, on whose denuded whole, to hadrians eyes, whose sorrow was a dread, the shadowy light of deaths eclipse was shed. Fernando pessoa poems poems of fernando pessoa poem. Fernando pessoa remains one of the most enigmatic writers of the 20th century. Fernando pessoa was known to be a portuguese writer, poet, philosopher, publisher, translator, and literary critic. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoa s greatest literary achievement. Fernando pessoa audio books, best sellers, author bio.
Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the book of disquiet. He fondly remembers an office boy who collected travel brochures, but never. Fernando pessoa poems by the famous poet all poetry. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face.
Fernando pessoa 18881935, the portuguese poet, literary critic, and essayist, is one of the most significant literary figures of the twentieth century. Pessoa loved the minutiae of what we care to deem the ordinary life, and that love enriches and deepens his art. 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. In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. B of d is a work of pure genius written in gloriously lyrical, existential prose. Again and again, in both poetry and prose, pessoa denied that he existed as any kind of distinctive individual. To read and then contemplate him is to be lifted a little bit above the earth in a floating bubble. Jul 20, 2016 licensed to youtube by sme on behalf of sony classical.
Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas. 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 and the multiple faces we show on the net. As a summary of the work of the writer generally known as fernando pessoa, this autobiographical declaration poses some unusual problems. Fernando pessoas multiple voices have different styles and idioms, and each one is extraordinary.
Fernando pessoa, recognized as the greatest poet of the portuguese language was born on th of june 1888 in lisbon, portugal. Fernando pessoa the portuguese author attributed his work to literary alter egos that he called heteronyms, each of which had a fully developed identity. Dec 04, 2010 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. Antinous the rain outside was cold in hadrians soul.
Fall 2015 603 awell eknownpoetonceaskedmeifiwoulddohimthefavoroftransl ating. Pessoa is a profoundly introspective and honest writer who defined existential themes based upon his frank study of his own life and dreams. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets. Top 9 best fernando pessoa books best fernando pessoa. He developed various personas to write under, and this collection from city lights books in san francisco includes a few of them. A prolific writer, ascribing his work to a variety of personas or heteronyms, pessoa published little in his lifetime and supported. Now richard zenith has collected in a single volume all the major poetry of one of the most extraordinary poetic talents the century has produced microsoft networks. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet fernando pessoa elif the reader. He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style. Four previous english translations, all published in 1991, were compromised either by abridgement, poor translation or errorladen source texts.
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. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. Most of pessoas prolific writings, only a single volume of which appeared in. Credited to pessoas alter ego, bernardo soares, who chronicles his contemplations in this socalled factless autobiography, the work. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. The new edition of the book of disquiet, translated by margaret jull costa, presents the complete texts of the two.
Fernando pessoa s most popular book is the book of disquiet. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. While fernando pessoa is internationally now known mostly for his masterpiece the book of disquiet, he was also an outstanding poet. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week.
Merwin, mark strand, and other poetic illuminaries, took the childhood game of imaginary friends to another level. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a poet and writer. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa.
Abstract a brief introduction to a comicbook about fernando pessoa is presented and followed by a segment of the same comicbook, about the assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon bernardo soares. The book of disquiet ebook written by fernando pessoa. Pessoa s nearnovel is a complete masterpiece, the sort of book one makes friends with and cannot bear to be parted with. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. Pessoa, fernando article about pessoa, fernando by the free. Pessoa is the portuguese word for person, and there is nothing he less wanted to be. 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. Sony atv publishing, umpi, public domain compositions, latinautor, bmi broadcast music inc.
One of the very great poets of the twentieth century, again. But fernando pessoas great work offers us a different approach altogether. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet. He also wrote in and translated from english and french. 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, even the cat. He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms.
Later his mother maria madalena nogueira pessoa, married the portuguese consul in durban in south africa, and the family lived from 1896. It was to bernardo soares that pessoa ascribed his book of disquiet, first made available in english in a briefer version by richard zenith in 1991. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics ebook. Fernando pessoa the writer university fernando pessoa.
The main characters of this poetry, fiction story are bernardo soares. Phenomenal woman, still i rise, the road not taken, if you forget me, dreams. I wont go into a drawn out eulogy about fernando pessoa and this magnificent book just but it and see and then forever after, whenever you pick it up to read or dip into, youll be in a prosepoetic wonderland possibly the mostloved of all the books ive ever had. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. 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 was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 544 pages and is available in paperback format. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. So, this book has the ability to make you look inside yourself, guide by one of the best poets of all times. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa librarything. Books best sellers new releases childrens books textbooks australian authors kindle books audiobooks 116 of 572 results for books.
The first edition of the novel was published in 1982, and was written by fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet goodreads. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. An autobiography or diary containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions.
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