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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. From what i understand this book is a collection of prose snippets from over 40 years that were compiled after the portuguese poets death. Fernando pessoas most popular book is the book of disquiet. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa professional moron. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, paperback barnes. 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. Jul 20, 2018 the first installation of the book of disquiet which includes the preface and notes 15 well, the first of what will likely be hundreds of installments. To read this ebook on a mobile device phone or tablet youll need to install one of these free apps. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography. It is in the book of disquiettranslated, beautifully, by margaret jull costathat pessoa found himself most truly. 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. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa the 216th greatest. Future editors, as obsessed as they are with completionism, included more than the author intended sometimes depending on the version.
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These pieces were ascribed to a variety of writers the heteronyms or assumed identities pessoa had created over the course of his extravagant written life. Most of the texts in the book of disquiet are written under the semiheteronym bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa archives ebookscart. Books by fernando pessoa author of the book of disquiet. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa, 9781846687358, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Today, during one of those periods of daydreaming which, though devoid of either purpose or dignity, still constitute the greater part of the spiritual substance of my life, i imagined myself free forever of rua dos douradores, of my boss vasques, of moreira the bookkeeper, of all the other employees, the errand boy, the post boy, even the cat. If all this sounds rather vague then that is because pessoa wished it so. Cafe a brasileira wikipedia, the free encyclopedia carreaux portugais, urbain, ailleurs.
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