Now richard zenith has collected in a single volume all the major poetry of one of the most extraordinary poetic talents the century has produced microsoft networks. It is made up of a series of vignettes, running from between one line to five pages each, with musings and maxims on philosophy and literature, politics and loneliness, dreams and psychology. Apicapic in the book of disquiet, bernardo soares, an assistant bookkeeper in a lisbon fabrics. The book, published almost 50 years after pessoa s death, was composed from thousands of loose sheets stored in a trunk with no clear order or structure. Fernando pessoa has 733 books on goodreads with 162557 ratings. Livro do desassossego the book of disquiet, fernando pessoa the book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 18881935. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. 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 by fernando pessoa, paperback. 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. Fernando pessoa audio books, best sellers, author bio.
The book is an aggregation of disparate diary entries that are abstract, dense, and at times, eccentric. Fernando pessoa werkte ruim twintig jaar, tot aan zijn dood in 1935, aan een project dat zijn omvangrijkste prozageschrift zou worden. Medicina dentaria universidade fernando pessoa 1 photo. I chat about my experience of the book of disquiet by fernando pessoa. In fact, it remained unpublished not only at the time of pessoa s death in 1935, but for 47 years beyond it. The book of disquiet is a work by the portuguese author fernando pessoa 1888 1935. He also wrote in and translated from english and french.
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