Im always out in the evenings doing something, the purpose of which eludes me. Fernando pessoas the book of disquiet is aptly titled. 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 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 critical edition of fernando pessoas complete english poems is yet to come. Ill even go so far to say, this book is the definitive work on creative poetic genius. An englishly portuguese, endlessly multiple poet duration. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is perfect to dip into during sleepless nights, says sophia martelli. The book of disquiet preface by fernando pessoa 3 a factless autobiography 9 a disquiet anthology 393 appendix i. It has the same selfdeprecation milosz wrote about when he described literature as a tournament of hunchbacks. But no, shes abstract, is a bird, of sound in the air of air soaring, and her soul sings unencumbered, because the songs what makes her sing. An assembly of sometimes linked fragments, it is a mesmerising, haunting novel without parallel in any other culture.
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. Quoted in van hulle 9 44 and s in france, finally gave birth to the practice of genetic criticism. Twentyfive unpublished english poems by fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet is the portuguese modernist master fernando pessoas greatest literary achievement.
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 the book of disquiet edited and translated by richard zenith penguin books penguin books published by the penguin group. It is a journey of the spirit through the material world and, since it is the spirit that travels. Introduction the book of disquiet is an unpublished book composed by a set of fragmentary text written, by bernardo soares, one of fernando pessoas heteronyms, from the early 1910 to the year of its death, in 1935. Published posthumously, the book of disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a factless autobiography.
Livro do desassossego the book of disquiet, fernando pessoathe book of disquie. Reading the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa as it appeared on the 2002 world librarys greatest books of all time list. The narrator, perhaps a standin for pessoa himself, is clearly a distant literary relative of. Perhaps the most occult writer of the twentieth century and the one who best lived up to rimbauds dictum about becoming a medium was fernando pessoa. Each entry in this fictional diary of one bernardo soares represents an attempt to create a distinct biography. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 544 pages and is available in paperback format. Fernando pessoa describes his work the book of disquiet as being an autobiography lacking facts. The book of disquiet manuscript, as well as most of pessoas work, was found in a trunk after his death he hardly published anything while alive. The book of disquiet penguin modern classics ebook. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa book chat duration. 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. The reason for this is that it is a reconstructed book, with texts and fragments left by pessoa in his. Description download fernando pessoa the book of disquiet free in pdf format. The book of disquiet penguin classics fernando pessoa, richard zenith on free shipping on qualifying offers.
The main characters of this poetry, fiction story are bernardo soares. Encoding, visualizing, and generating variation in fernando. The book of disquiet penguin classics fernando pessoa, richard zenith isbn. An autobiography or diary containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal questions. Pdf the book of disquiet book by fernando pessoa free. Collaborative digital archive, book of disquiet, fernando pessoa i. The complete edition jeronimo pizarro, fernando pessoa, margaret jull costa isbn. Music soothes, the visual arts exhilarates, the performing arts such as acting and dance entertain. 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.
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. 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. Imagination, reality and the pleasure of masking and dreaming article in theory in action 41. Furthermore, a great number of the books which fernando pessoa read, and conserved. Like im sick of everything, and of the everythingness of everything. I failed life even before i had lived it, because even as i dreamed it, i failed to see its. Manuscripts should be in accordance with the mla style manual and guide to scholarly. Fernando pessoa, digital archive, social edition, teiencoding, visual ization, variants, variation. Fernando pessoa will be an unknown name to many literary fans and, furthermore, the book of disquiet is untraditional to the extreme.
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. He wrote of holding inside himself all the dreams of the world and wanting to experience the whole of the universe its reality inside himself. He takes a simple gesture, a familiar place and transforms it magically into something more. Fall 2015 603 awell eknownpoetonceaskedmeifiwoulddohimthefavoroftransl ating. Portuguese literary and cultural studies 28 fernando pessoa as.
Disquiet refers to a feeling of anxiety, and this story has plenty of unease for both its narrator and readers. Ive written sentences whose sound, read out loud or silently impossible to hide their soundcan only be of something that acquired absolute exteriority and a fullfledged soul. For example, see the volume edited by paulo borges entitled olhares europeus sobre fernando pessoa lisbon. Reflections on the book of disquiet from pessoas writings 471 notes 477 table of heteronyms 505 show more. 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. Inspirational quotes by fernando pessoa from the book of disquiet and on themes such as life, success, potential and other things. As for guedes, pessoa opens, this book is not by him, it is him. Until our days, four book of disquiet were published as a. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. Desassossego book of disquiet, in two volumes, came out in 1982, scholars. Free download or read online the book of disquiet pdf epub book. Ah, its my longing for whom i might have been that distracts and torments me.
F a p a livro do desassossego book of disquiet is an. From what i understand this book is a collection of prose snippets from over 40 years that were compiled after the portuguese poets death. Its barely a novel, in fact, and more a vast, endlessly intelligent selection of thoughts based on everyones favourite hobby existing. Pessoa plurala journal of fernando pessoa studies, n. The portuguese writer fernando pessoa complicates the idea of fictionality, by underscoring the fact that the personality of soares the fictional author of the. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa professional moron. To read and then contemplate him is to be lifted a little bit above the earth in a floating bubble. Texts citing the name of vicente guedes 465 appendix ii. Now, for the first time the texts are presented chronologically, in a complete english edition by master translator. The book was published posthumously in 1982, fortyseven years after pessoas death, and it has had different editions and editions not in accord with each other, the last in 2010, which showed it as an unfinished book. Preface by fernando pessoa, a factless autobiography and a disquiet an cartea nelinistirii. Pessoas book does give few concrete facts about the writer or the world of the writer. Fernando pessoas life divides neatly into three periods.
The selected prose of fernando pessoa fernando pessoa. The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa is one such modern masterpiece that i read last week. 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. A digital archive of the book of disquiet search and. The translation is taken from selected letters of fernando pessoa sheep. This work is the product of a long study and devotion for fernando pessoas oeuvre. The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. In the back of the book he included short notes, letters and other references to disquiet and annotated each text abundantly. Find great deals for libro del desasosiego by fernando pessoa hardcover. The transformation book provides significant insight. Part one of my readers guide to fernando pessoa s the book of disquietcontains the preface. Im always speaking banally to someone, with a contrived smile on my face.
Full text of fernando pessoa as english reader and writer. Some poems by fernando pessoa, one by wallace stevens, and the brief sketch of a poetic ontology, gramma, v. Fernando pessoa 18881935 was born in lisbon and brought up in durban, south africa. If all this sounds rather vague then that is because pessoa wished it so. It is written by character senhor soares, who is assumed to be an alter ego for pessoa.
The book of disquiet by fernando pessoa librarything. The first edition of the novel was published in 1982, and was written by fernando pessoa. Fernando pessoa quotes author of the book of disquiet. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics. Pessoas rapid prose, snatched in flight and rhe book oe.