He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style. It is sometimes said that the four greatest portuguese poets of modern times are fernando pessoa. An ebook reader can be a software application for use on a computer such as microsofts free reader application, or a booksized computer that is used solely as a reading device such as nuvomedias rocket ebook. His book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of. The portuguese poet fernando pessoa included in his 1934 book mensagem a number of verses dedicated to adamaster. Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. 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 foi um dos mais importantes poetas em lingua portuguesa, a figura centra. Dec 04, 2010 fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. This is a considerable feat if one considers other 20th century poets like.
An ebook reader can be a software application for use on a computer such as microsofts free reader application, or a book sized computer that is used solely as a reading device such as nuvomedias rocket ebook. Teste sobre o mostrengo mensagem pessoa poesia ficcao e. 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. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. He left behind a legacy of heavy burden on the shoulders of publishers to. His book of disquiet a collection of incomplete writings found on loose scraps of paper and published nearly 50 years after pessoa. Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet. The washington post book world has written that fernando pessoa was portugals greatest writer of the twentieth century though some critics would even leave off that last qualifying phrase and one of the most appealing european modernists, equal in command and range to his contemporaries rilke and mandelstam. Born in 1888, fernando pessoa is widxely considered portugals greatest modern poet and author. This volume brings back into print the comprehensive collection of. Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Written over the course of fernando pessoas life, the book of disquiet was first published in 1982, pieced together from the thousands of individual manuscript pages left behind after his death in 1935.
Fernando pessoa is portugals most important contemporary poet. Fernando pessoa, one of the greatest portuguese poets, whose modernist work gave portuguese literature european significance. Fernando pessoa and the multiple faces we show on the net. He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The selected prose of fernando pessoa is an important record of a crucial part of the literary canon. Fernando pessoa is surely the most important 20th century portuguese poet. A segunda parte, por sua vez, esta encimada pela elocucao latina possessio maris posse do mar. The first life of adamastor by andre brink lafricaine. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. May 26, 2011 ebook is an electronic version of a traditional print book that can be read by using a personal computer or by using an ebook reader. Desaparecimento do gigante 60de repente, o adamastor desapareceu muito choroso porrecordar o seu passado triste, levando consigo a nuvemnegra.
Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. Liberdade fernando pessoa by sofia baptista on prezi. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. June, 1888 november 30, 1935, 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. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. The critic harold bloom considers fernando pessoa along with pablo neruda the most representative poet of the 20th century. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. Fernando pessoa e o mais universal poeta portugues. Pessoa died at the age of forty seven in the year 1935. 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, born fernando antonio nogueira pessoa pso. A ilusao do pensamento, a do sentimento, a da vontade.
The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. Now this fragmentary modernist masterpiece appears in a major new edition that unites margaret jull costas celebrated translation with previously missing texts, presented for the first time in. Remote work advice from the largest allremote company. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week. My life outside of work has become a kind of work, full of duties and responsibilities from which i long to escape. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando.
Ao continuar a navegar no projecto adamastor esta a consentir a utilizacao da mesmas. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Fernando pessoa 18881935 foi um dos mais importantes poetas. I am tired, that is clear, because, at certain stage, people have to be tired. 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. Buy poems of fernando pessoa reprint by fernando pessoa, edwin honig isbn. A roda da nau voou tres vezes, voou tres vezes a chiar, e disse.
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