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Fernando pessoa lived between 1888 and 1935 but during his life he avoided the literary world, and indeed much of society, but wrote a vast amount of poetry and prose much of which has been published posthumously. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics firm, records impressions he doesnt expect to see. Jun 19, 2015 fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. For the first timeand in the best translation everthe complete book of disquiet, a masterpiece beyond comparison. Credited to pessoas alter ego, bernardo soares, who chronicles his contemplations in this socalled factless autobiography, the work is a. Download the book of disquiet pdf free fernando pessoa was many writers in one. As for guedes, pessoa opens, this book is not by him, it is him. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa the 216th greatest.
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For its entire four hundred plus pages it offers a philosophy of a melancholic life, a philosophy of dreaming, and a philosophy of art. It is a fragmentary book, always being studied by the pessoan critics, and these have. Fernando pessoa, one of the founders of modernism, was born in lisbon in 1888. Its barely a novel, in fact, and more a vast, endlessly intelligent selection of thoughts based on everyones favourite hobby existing. This page contains details about the fiction book the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa published in 1982. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. Most of the texts in the book of disquiet are written under the semiheteronym bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper. Fernando pessoa is currently considered a single author. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Aug 17, 2017 the book of disquiet is one of the great literary works of the twentieth century.
Imagination, reality and the pleasure of masking and dreaming article in theory in action 41. Pessoas book does give few concrete facts about the writer or the world of the writer. The book of disquiet,the even greater, ultimate charm of being innocent. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week. Pessoa s book does give few concrete facts about the writer or the world of the writer. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 544 pages and is available in paperback format. Fernando pessoa has 733 books on goodreads with 162030 ratings. Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. Margaret jull costa sitting at his desk, bernardo soares imagined himself free forever of rua.
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