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'But no, she's abstract, is a bird Of sound in the air of air soaring, And her soul sings unencumbered Because the song's what makes her sing.' Dramatic, lyrical and ranging over four distinct personae, these poems by one of Portugal's
Sitting at his desk, Bernardo Soares imagined himself free forever of Rua dos Douradores, of his boss Vasques, of Moreira the book-keeper, of all the other employees, the errand boy, the post boy, even the cat. But if he left them all tomorrow and discard
The writing of Fernando Pessoa reveals a mind shaken by intense inner suffering. In these poems he adopted four separate personae: Alberto Caeiro, Alvaro de Campos, Ricardo Reis and himself, using them to express 'great swarms of thought and feeling&#
The Book of Disquiet is one of the great literary works of the twentieth century. Written over the course of Fernando Pessoa's life, it was first published in 1982, pieced together from the thousands of individual manuscript pages left behind by Pesso
Fernando Pessoa's The Book of Disquiet is a modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to Ulysses , The Trial or In Search of Lost Time . This complete and unabridged edition published in Penguin Modern Classics - is edited an
"After looking for him in the poems, we search for him in the prose. The pursuit of the Other in Pessoa's work is never-ending," writes Edwin Honig. Essential to understanding the great Portuguese poet are the essays written about (and by) h
This is the largest and richest volume of poetry by Pessoa available in English. It includes generous selections from the three poetic alter egos that the Portuguese writer dubbed "heteronyms" - Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis and Alvaro de Campos
Here is the fourth in a series of volumes by Fernando Pessoas celebrated heteronyms, a coterie of writers that Pessoa created and conceived as distinct personalities, each with a unique literary style. Ricardo Reis was imagined as a melancholic doctor wit
Here, in Margaret Jull Costa and Patricio Ferrari's splendid new translations, are the complete poems of Alberto Caeiro, the imaginary "heteronym" coterie created by Fernando Pessoa, the Portuguese modernist master. Pessoa conceived Caeiro a
"At last, at last, at last, Pessoa again! More Pessoa! One of the very great poets of the twentieth century, again and more! And one of the fascinating figures of all literature, with his manifold identities, his amazing audacities, his brilliance an
Rastløshedens bog af den portugisiske forfatter Fernando Pessoa er et af den moderne litteraturs hovedværker. Et mørkt og melankolsk portræt af kontoristen Bernardo Soares og hans liv i Lissabon. Sansemættet og drømmende i sit anslag er bogen en magisk fo
"Udvalgte digte" er en samling af nøje udvalgte digte fra fire af Pessoas formidable digtsamlinger, som er skrevet af hans fire mest væsentlige forfatterpersonaer, der forholder sig indbyrdes til hinanden i en sammenvævet uvirkelighed. Digtsamli
Álvaro de Campos is one of the most influential heteronyms created by Portugals great modernist writer Fernando Pessoa. According to Pessoa, Campos was born in Tavira (Algarve) in 1890 and studied mechanical engineering in Glasgow, although he never manag
A modernist masterwork that has now taken on a similar iconic status to "Ulysses", "The Trial" or "In Search of Lost Time", Fernando Pessoa's "The Book of Disquiet" is edited and translated with an introduction
The Book of Disquiet is the Portuguese modernist master Fernando Pessoas greatest literary achievement. An autobiography or diary containing exquisite melancholy observations, aphorisms, and ruminations, this classic work grapples with all the eternal que
A book by Fernando Pessoa and some of his poetry in English language.
"Arme blomster i de regelrette havebede. De ser ud, som var de bange for politiet... Men ufortrødent blomstrer de på samme måde Og har det samme ældgamle skær Som de havde, da det første menneske så dem første gang På samme måde og rørte dem ganske l
The Transformation Book, which belongs to Pessoa's pre-heteronymic period, contains a series of fragments written in English, Portuguese, and French, none of which were ever published during Pessoa's lifetime. Conceived by Pessoa in 1908, a year o