Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics 30may2002. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. The book of disquiet was various books yet ultimately one book, with various authors yet ultimately one author, and even the word disquietude changes meaning as time passes. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. The former walking dead star relied on her own heartbreaking experiences in her new nbc series, council of dads. He takes a simple gesture, a familiar place and transforms it magically into something more. Fernando pessoa simple english wikipedia, the free. Buy fernando pessoa books and gifts, all with free worldwide delivery. Fernando pessoa will be an unknown name to many literary fans and, furthermore, the book of disquiet is untraditional to the extreme. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics. 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. Norwegian book clubs top 100 books of all time swrbestenliste 1985.
Pessoa, fernando, jackson, kenneth david poet, shortstory writer, feverish inventor fernando pessoa was one of the most innovative figures shaping european modernism. Known for a repertoire of works penned by multiple invented authorswhich he termed heteronyms the portuguese writer gleefully subverted the notion of what it means to be an. Zeniths selection is beautifully translated, compact while appropriately diverse. An autobiography or diary containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Begun in 1912, pessoa made entries for it throughout his life, especially in his later years. His works reflect the infuence of classic tradition and french symbolism and his poetry reflects nostalgia. The book of disquietude aspects of portugal paperback december 1, 1996 by fernando pessoa author 5. The book of disquiet is a hodgepodge of different fragmentary ideas, and though there is some editorial freedom in such a concept, fernando pessoa did include some notes on which parts he wanted.
Its barely a novel, in fact, and more a vast, endlessly intelligent selection of thoughts based on everyones favourite hobby existing. 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. Known for a repertoire of works penned by multiple invented authorswhich he termed heteronymsthe portuguese writer gleefully subverted the notion of what it means to be an. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete english edition by master translator. As for guedes, pessoa opens, this book is not by him, it is him. A postmodernist poet posthumously adopted as part of the portuguese canon, fernando pessoa below adopted a series of voices or heteronyms in which to write. Imagination, reality and the pleasure of masking and dreaming rodica grigore1 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 com. Fernando pessoa is currently considered a single author.
The book of disquiet penguin classics pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard, zenith, richard on. The book of disquietude by fernando pessoa, richard zenith. For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. The book of disquiet 1997 mies jota ei koskaan ollut tv movie 1996 pessoa novel 1995 a luz incerta novel 1994 continuum. Visa, mastercard, american express paypal, diners club and discover. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa professional moron. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. Pasiferrari fernando pessoa and aleister crowley pessoa plural. If all this sounds rather vague then that is because pessoa wished it so. Fernando pessoa, the book of disquiet my soul is impatient with itself, as with a bothersome child.
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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. The book of disquietude by bernardo soares, assistant. 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. 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. Pessoa, fernando, jackson, kenneth david poet, shortstory writer, feverish inventorfernando pessoa was one of the most innovative figures shaping european modernism. Adverse genres in fernando pessoa pessoa, fernando. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa blindness by jose saramago os. 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 was found, in fragments, only after pessoas death. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Conceived in 1916, soares is, pessoa declared, amutilation of his own personality. 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.
The observer, sunday 17 october 2010 article history. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week. Out of these fragments, pessoas project for a work called livro do desassossego once translated as the book of disquietude, now as the book of disquiet was discovered, but the book was found to have multiple authors, no discernible order, and was never completed. By bernardo soares, assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon. He also wrote in and translated from english and french. The critic harold bloom referred to him in the book the western canon as the most representative poet of the twentieth century, along with pablo neruda. One represents pessoas side, and it remained in the hands. If you live outside of the united states, you can call me over skype. November 30, 1935 in the same city was a portuguese poet and writer. The book of disquietude is the factless autobiography of bernardo soares, one of the 72 literary personae with which portugals greatest poet fernando pessoa 18881935 created the theater of himself. Aug 29, 2017 the book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. The book of disquiet the book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoa s greatest literary achievement.
May 30, 2002 fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa librarything. 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. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. Fernando pessoa primary author only author division. 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. To read and then contemplate him is to be lifted a little bit above the earth in a floating bubble. The book of disquietude, also known as, the book of. Player with golf clubs and the nations wife swapper. Was 18 march 1914 the most extraordinary date in modern literature. The book of disquiet the book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. 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.
Bernando soares, the eponymous author of the book of disquiet, a bookkeeper in lisbon, records his observations of everyday life as if we were walking through an art gallery. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Buy poems of fernando pessoa reprint by pessoa, fernando, honig, edwin isbn. 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 by fernando pessoa 2002, paperback for. For the first timeand in the best translation everthe complete book of disquiet, a masterpiece beyond comparison.
One represents pessoas side, and it remained in the hands of his family until recently. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. The book of disquietude by fernando pessoa fictiondb.
I failed life even before i had lived it, because even as i dreamed it, i failed to see its. Follow fernando pessoa and explore their bibliography from s fernando pessoa author page. 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. The fragmentary, the incomplete, is of the essence of pessoas spirit. Future editors, as obsessed as they are with completionism, included more than the author intended sometimes depending on the version.