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One of the great originals of modern European poetry and Portugals premier Post

Pessoa has had many English-language interpreters but none better than Richard York Review of Books

Fernando Pessoaa poet who lived most of his life in Lisbon, Portugal, and who died in obscurity there is now recognized as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. In a newly updated and expanded edition of his celebrated 1998 Fernando Pessoa & Co., which Booklist hailed as a beautiful one-volume course in the soul of the twentieth century, translator and biographer Richard Zenith brings together Pessoas most memorable poetic works. Present here is poetry by Pessoas famous trio of alter egosAlberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis, and lvaro de Camposas well as a varied selection of poems signed by Pessoas own name. From spare minimalism to revolutionary exuberance, Fernando Pessoa & Co. showcases the seminal poets timeless and innovative work in all of its extraordinary depth and poetic passion.

Like Beckett, Pessoa is extremely funny. . . . His work is loaded with

Pessoa would be Shakespeare if all that we had of Shakespeare were the soliloquies of Hamlet, Falstaff, Othello and Lear and the sonnets. His legacy is a set of explorations, in poetic form, of what it means to inhabit a human Angeles Times Book Review

Author: Fernando Pessoa
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 03/15/2022
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780802159168
Language: English