Fernando antonio nogueira pessoa, foi um poeta, escritor, publicitario, astrologo, critico literario, inventor, empresario, tradutor, correspondente comercial, filosofo e comentarista politico portugues. The prose is truly some of the most gorgeous musings about everyday life and existence that any reader could ever find. The book of disquietude by fernando pessoa, richard zenith. The book of disquiet penguin classics fernando pessoa, richard zenith isbn. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics ebook. The complete edition jeronimo pizarro, fernando pessoa, margaret jull costa isbn. Anglomaniac, myopic, courteous, evasive, dressed darkly, reticent and agreeable, a cosmopolitan who preaches nationalism, solemn investigator of futile things, humorist who never smiles but chills our blood, inventor of other poets and destroyer of himself, author of paradoxes as clear as water and, as water.
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 book of disquiet by fernando pessoa book chat duration. Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet. To read and then contemplate him is to be lifted a little bit above the earth in a floating bubble. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. The book of disquiet is presented as the diary of a man named bernardo. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary. Saggi sulla lingua by pessoa, fernando and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. When he died in 1935, pessoa left behind a trunk filled with unfinished and unpublished writings, among which were the remarkable pages that make up his posthumous masterpiece, the book of disquiet, an astonishing work that, in george steiners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.
Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of shakespeares hamlet or eliots prufrock. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. If you read this, you need to know what you are signing up for, so, below, ill let pessoa speak for himself. The translation is at once penetrating and delicately observant of pessoas astute melancholy. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa. The complete edition pessoa, fernando, pizarro, jeronimo, costa, margaret jull on. An autobiography or diary containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions.
The book of disquiet penguin modern classics enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. As for guedes, pessoa opens, this book is not by him, it is him. Jun 02, 2001 the book of disquiet fernando pessoa, trans. Trabalhou como critico literario, critico politico, editor, jornalista. 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 book of disquiet by fernando pessoa librarything. Information concerning the master of dental medicine in portugal and automatic recognition of professional qualifications in the eu. Fernando pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in lisbon in 1888. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
May 21, 2001 fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. Veja 17 frases do especial frases dia do dentista selecionadas pelo quemdisse. Conceived in 1916, soares is, pessoa declared, amutilation of his own personality. Information concerning the master of dental medicine in. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. If all this sounds rather vague then that is because pessoa wished it so.
Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. The book of disquiet is a collection of epiphanic journal or diary prose kept by pessoa and found decades after his death. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face. Medicina dentaria universidade fernando pessoa, porto, 1,1 mil gostos. Nov 30, 2006 free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. 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. The publication was credited to bernardo soares, one of the authors alternate writing names, which he called semiheteronyms, and had a preface attributed to fernando pessoa, another alternate writing name or orthonym. Apr 10, 2017 the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa my life outside of work has become a kind of work, full of duties and responsibilities from which i long to escape. Medicina dentaria universidade fernando pessoa, porto, portugal.
Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. Aug 29, 2017 the book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement. Medicina dentaria universidade fernando pessoa 1 foto. Dec 24, 2015 published for the first time some fifty years after his death, this unique collection of short, aphoristic paragraphs comprises the autobiography of bernardo soares, one of pessoa s alternate. 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. Book of disquietude by fernando pessoa, richard zenith. 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. Its a series of vignettes, random thoughts and meditations all written between 19 and 1935. Buy the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa online at alibris. Fernando pessoa books list of books by author fernando pessoa. 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. Disquiet and solitude in fernando pessoa articles house.
Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 1888 1935. Medicina dentaria universidade fernando pessoa 1 photo. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Jun 12, 2012 this fragmentary novel was published 47 years after the death of 20thcentury portuguese author and poet fernando pessoa.
May 30, 2002 fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. The medicina dentaria department at universidade fernando pessoa on academia. This almostautobiographical story tells of the sombre majesty of splendours no one knows in the very private life of its hero and offers. The book of disquiet penguin classics pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard, zenith, richard on.
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. The book of disquiet is funny, lifeaffirming, and, of course, desperately sad. Buy the book of disquiet penguin modern classics new ed by pessoa, fernando, zenith, richard 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, paperback barnes. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, jeronimo pizarro.
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. Mensagens, pensamentos e frases curtas sobre dentista. The book of disquietude aspects of portugal fernando pessoa on amazon. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. Gerando valor e transformando sua carreira profissional. The book of disquietude aspects of portugal fernando pessoa on. Fernando pessoas multiple voices have different styles and idioms, and each one is extraordinary. Begun in 1912, pessoa made entries for it throughout his life, especially in his later years.