He published his first book of english poems, antinous in 1918, followed by sonnets 1918 and english poems 1921, but released only a single book of portuguese poems, mensagem, in 1933. Book of disquietude by fernando pessoa boomerang books. Our sumptuous complete edition of fernando pessoas the book of. A bronze statue of pessoa sits outside the cafe a brasileira in lisbon. Book of disquietude, carcanet press limited 176 copy quote.
First published in 1982, this is the factless autobiography of bernardo soares, one of the 72. The book of disquietude by fernando pessoa fictiondb. Book of disquietude by fernando pessoa, richard zenith. Buy book of disquietude by fernando pessoa 9781857543018 from boomerang books, australias online independent bookstore.
Publishers weeklypessoas amazing personality is as beguiling and mysterious. The book of disquiet was found, in fragments, only after pessoas death. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary. 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. A postmodernist poet posthumously adopted as part of the portuguese canon, fernando pessoa below adopted a series of voices. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa if you read this, you need to know what you are signing up for, so, below, ill let pessoa speak for himself. Richard zeniths translation has become the first, and only complete english edition. Google map location syracuse, new york 2445290 315. Illustration by riccardo vecchio if ever there was a writer in flight from his name, it was 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. 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. Buy book of disquietude book online at best prices in india on. 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.
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. Book of disquietude, the syracuse university press. The observer, sunday 17 october 2010 article history. Buy the book of disquietude by fernando pessoa, richard zenith translator online at alibris. 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. Was 18 march 1914 the most extraordinary date in modern literature. November 30, 1935 was a portuguese poet, writer, a literary critic and translator. When portuguese writer fernando pessoa 1888 1935 passed away, he left a trunk containing some 25,426 items a vast collection of poems, fragments, letters, journals. In the book of disquiet fernando pessoa describes the inner life of an assistant accountant in lisbon.
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. The circular text returns again and again to a protagonist desperate to find out who he is. Fernando pessoa descreve o livro do desassossego, como sendo uma autobiografia faltando fatos. Its a series of vignettes, random thoughts and meditations all written between 19 and 1935. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando. Book of disquietude by fernando pessoa used very good.
Book of disquietude by fernando pessoa, 9781857543018, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Buy book of disquietude book online at low prices in india. Readers with a particular interest in modernism will find this work indispensable. Share fernando pessoa quotations about dreams, soul and writing. Formacao do patronato politico brasileiro em portuguese do brasil. Fernando pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in lisbon in 1888. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records. Conceived in 1916, soares is, pessoa declared, amutilation of his own personality. Blog ten things you might not have known about fernando pessoa. He died november 30, 1935, in lisbon from cirrhosis of. The book of disquietude is written in a modular style. A selfdeprecating reflection on the sheer distance between the loftiness of feelings and the humdrum reality of life, the book of disquiet is a classic of existentialist literature. 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. By bernardo soares, assistant bookkeeper in the city of lisbon.
The book of disquietude by fernando pessoa, richard zenith. This is the first, and only complete, english edition. Pessoa made to his manuscripts of the book of disquiet are written in english. Rediscovering fernando pessoas the book of disquiet the millions. Inside the last decade and a half, pessoa has become a posthumous culture hero, as well as a poet with a european reputation. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback. 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. Fernando pessoa the book of disquiet,1988 art in fiction. P ortuguese poet fernando pessoa 18881935 was the most prominent modernist literary figure in 20th century portugal, where he was associated with avantgarde literary circles, magazines, and small press publications in his poetry, pessoa announced modernist themes. Download book the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa. The book of disquietude aspects of portugal paperback december 1, 1996 by fernando pessoa author 5. Words of disquiet and discovery in lisbon sydney morning herald. See all 7 formats and editions hide other formats and editions.
The majority of pessoa s poems, heteronymic or otherwise, appeared in literary journals and magazines. Since perhaps not everything is false, may nothing cure us, my love. The book of disquiet penguin classics fernando pessoa, richard zenith isbn. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 1888 1935.