He attributed his prolific writings to a wide range of alternate selves, each of which had a distinct biography, ideology, and horoscope. 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. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was born in lisbon in 1888, died there in. The book of disquiet penguin classics fernando pessoa, richard zenith isbn.
Pessoa s book does give few concrete facts about the writer or the world of the writer. And readers already familiar with pessoa s poetry will appreciate the care of. The book of disquiet fernando pessoa compra livros na. Jull costas first translation of fernando pessoa s the book of disquiet, still in print, was done in 1991 for serpents tail. 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. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records impressions he doesnt expect to see. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. It is written by character senhor soares, who is assumed to be an alter ego for pessoa. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa book chat duration. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando.
In the preface to the book of disquiet, pessoa wrote about himself. Ah, its my longing for whom i might have been that distracts and torments me. Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet page. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. If ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. 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. See more ideas about fernando pessoa, writers and poets and writer. Perhaps the most occult writer of the twentieth century and the one who best lived up to rimbauds dictum about becoming a medium was fernando pessoa. Livro do desassossego the book of disquiet, fernando pessoa the book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas death. To read and then contemplate him is to be lifted a little bit above the earth in a floating bubble. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. An autobiography or diary containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions.
The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoa s greatest literary achievement. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa professional moron. 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. Inspirational quotes by fernando pessoa from the book of disquiet and on themes such as life, success, potential and other things. When he died in 1935, pessoa left behind a trunk filled with unfinished and unpublished writings, among which were the remarkable pages that make up his posthumous masterpiece, the book of disquiet, an astonishing work that, in george steiners words, gives to lisbon the haunting spell of joyces dublin or kafkas prague. Fernando pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in lisbon in 1888. The book of disquiet was first published in portugal in 1982. By bernardo soares, assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon. Fernando pessoa was a member of the modernist group orpheu. 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 pessoa 18881935 foi um dos mais importantes poetas em lingua portuguesa, a figura central do modernismo portugues. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa librarything. Fernando pessoa, the book of disquiet 33 reasons why youre addicted to books. Consulta mais ideias sobre fernando pessoa, pessoa e frases fernando pessoa.
Em 1914, com 26 anos cria os seus tres famosos heteronimos. 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. Veja mais ideias sobre fernando pessoa, frases fernando pessoa e poesias fernando pessoa. Sus trabajos destacados incluyen message y the book of disquiet. Fernando pessoa drinking a glass of wine in a lisbon tavern in 1929. The chevalier of disquiet by max nelson the new york. Read more pessoa, who died in 1935, is now considered portugals finest modernist.
Fernando pessoa describes his work the book of disquiet as being an autobiography lacking facts. He was a poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher. His father had died of tuberculosis the previous year. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. Its barely a novel, in fact, and more a vast, endlessly intelligent selection of thoughts based on everyones favourite hobby existing. The book of disquiet fernando pessoa compra livros na fnac. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback barnes. A prolific writer, ascribing his work to a variety of personas or heteronyms, pessoa published little in his lifetime and supported himself by working as a commercial translator.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. As 257 melhores imagens em fernando pessoa fernando. He wrote of holding inside himself all the dreams of the world and wanting to experience the whole of the universe its reality inside himself. The selected prose of fernando pessoa fernando pessoa. At thirteen pessoa returned to portugal for a yearlong visit, and returned there permanently in 1905.
The book of disquiet fernando pessoa, richard zenith isbn. You are free if you can withdraw from people, not having to seek them out for the sake of money, company, love, glory or curiosity, none of which can thrive in silence and solitude. If all this sounds rather vague then that is because pessoa wished it so. Fiction first published in 1982, this is the factless autobiography of bernardo soares, one of the 72 literary personae or heteronyms with which fernando pessoa created the theatre of his absence. The book of disquiet penguin classics pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback. Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa was a portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator. He also wrote in and translated from english and french.
Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. Fernando pessoas multiple voices have different styles and idioms, and each one is extraordinary. I do not believe pessoa would be offended even if you set it in the bathroom to. Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. Nov 21, 2015 fernando pessoa will be an unknown name to many literary fans and, furthermore, the book of disquiet is untraditional to the extreme.
Fernando pessoa and the book of disquiet others can write better, and truer, things about fernando pessoa than i can, but the salient facts for these purposes are that pessoa 18881935 was a portuguese writer who published very little during his lifetime. According to his author, this alter ego was born in tavira, portugal, studied mechanical engineering and finally graduated in ship engineering in glasgow. May 30, 2002 fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoa s death. Dec 25, 2009 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 lisbon, portugal. 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. The selected prose of fernando pessoa is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics kindle edition. As 257 melhores imagens em fernando pessoa fernando pessoa. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of.
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. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. For the first timeand in the best translation everthe complete book of disquiet, a masterpiece beyond comparison. It is a journey of the spirit through the material world and, since it is the spirit that travels. Fernando pessoa s the book of disquiet is aptly titled. May 30, 2002 buy the book of disquiet penguin modern classics new ed by pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard isbn. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left. Was 18 march 1914 the most extraordinary date in modern literature. Jull costas first translation of fernando pessoas the book of disquiet, still in print, was done in 1991 for serpents tail. His most significant work livro do desassossego the book of disquiet, the. Most of pessoa s writing was not published during his lifetime. Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet.
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