{"product_id":"fernando-pessoa-and-co-selected-poems-paperback","title":"Fernando Pessoa and Co.: Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFernando Pessoa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Zenith\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRichard Zenith\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first comprehensive English translation of poetry from the renowned Portuguese author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Disquiet\u003c\/i\u003e: \"An arresting . . . body of work\" (\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1888, Fernando Pessoa is widxely considered Portugal's greatest modern poet and author. With an introduction that illuminates the life and work of this elusive literary giant, \u003ci\u003eFernando Pessoa \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/i\u003e is the most comprehensive and elegantly translated edition of Pessoa's poetry available in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePessoa was as much a creator of personas as he was of poetry, prose, and criticism. He wrote under what he referred to as \"heteronyms,\" numerous alter egos with fully fleshed identities and writing styles, who supported and criticized each other's work in the margins of his drafts and in the literary journals of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging widely over the possibilities of language, Pessoa's poetry echoes symbolist verse, Portuguese folk song, and futurist manifesto. From spare minimalism to a revolutionary exuberance that recalls Walt Whitman's \u003ci\u003eLeaves of Grass\u003c\/i\u003e, Pessoa's oeuvre was radically new and anticipated contemporary literature to an unnerving degree. \u003ci\u003eFernando Pessoa \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a beautiful one-volume course in the soul of the twentieth century\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFernando Pessoa\u003c\/strong\u003e (1888-1935) was born in Lisbon, spent nine years of his childhood in Durban, South Africa, and then returned to his native city, where he earned a modest income as a commercial translator and lived for his writing. Most of his vast body of work was published posthumously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Zenith\u003c\/strong\u003e is an acclaimed translator and the author of \u003cem\u003ePessoa: A Biography\u003c\/em\u003e. He produced the first complete English translation of Pessoa's \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Disquiet\u003c\/em\u003e and won the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation with \u003cem\u003eFernando Pessoa and Co.: Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Lisbon, Portugal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 15, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43684267786329,"sku":"9780802159168","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/6465\/9545\/files\/9aaD3__Qum9780802159168.webp?v=1784325182","url":"https:\/\/warrenssanctuaryofthemind.myshopify.com\/fr\/products\/fernando-pessoa-and-co-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"Warren's sanctuary of the mind","version":"1.0","type":"link"}