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Pessoa: A Biography
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Comprehensive Biography
Delve into the intricate life of Fernando Pessoa, exploring his literary evolution and multifaceted persona, providing readers with an in-depth understanding of his contributions to modern literature.
Critical Analysis
Offers insightful commentary and analysis from scholars, enriching the reader's grasp of Pessoa’s influence and thematic depth, making it an essential read for both enthusiasts and students of literature.
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Includes rare photographs and illustrations that enhance the narrative, allowing readers to visually connect with Pessoa's world, bringing his story to life beyond just words.
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- Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (Biography)New York Times • Times Critics Top Books of 2021New York Times Book Review • Editors’ ChoiceKirkus Reviews • Best Nonfiction of the Year Like Richard Ellmann’s James Joyce, Richard Zenith’s Pessoa immortalizes the life of one of the twentieth century’s greatest writers.Nearly a century after his wrenching death, the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) remains one of our most enigmatic writers. Believing he could do “more in dreams than Napoleon,” yet haunted by the specter of hereditary madness, Pessoa invented dozens of alter egos, or “heteronyms,” under whose names he wrote in Portuguese, English, and French. Unsurprisingly, this “most multifarious of writers” (Guardian) has long eluded a definitive biographer―but in renowned translator and Pessoa scholar Richard Zenith, he has met his match.Relatively unknown in his lifetime, Pessoa was all but destined for literary oblivion when the arc of his afterlife bent, suddenly and improbably, toward greatness, with the discovery of some 25,000 unpublished papers left in a large, wooden trunk. Drawing on this vast archive of sources as well as on unpublished family letters, and skillfully setting the poet’s life against the nationalist currents of twentieth-century European history, Zenith at last reveals the true depths of Pessoa’s teeming imagination and literary genius.Much as Nobel laureate José Saramago brought a single heteronym to life in The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis, Zenith traces the backstories of virtually all of Pessoa’s imagined personalities, demonstrating how they were projections, spin-offs, or metamorphoses of Pessoa himself. A solitary man who had only one, ultimately platonic love affair, Pessoa used his and his heteronyms’ writings to explore questions of sexuality, to obsessively search after spiritual truth, and to try to chart a way forward for a benighted and politically agitated Portugal.Although he preferred the world of his mind, Pessoa was nonetheless a man of the places he inhabited, including not only Lisbon but also turn-of-the-century Durban, South Africa, where he spent nine years as a child. Zenith re-creates the drama of Pessoa’s adolescence―when the first heteronyms emerged―and his bumbling attempts to survive as a translator and publisher. Zenith introduces us, too, to Pessoa’s bohemian circle of friends, and to Ophelia Quieroz, with whom he exchanged numerous love letters. Pessoa reveals in equal force the poet’s unwavering commitment to defending homosexual writers whose books had been banned, as well as his courageous opposition to Salazar, the Portuguese dictator, toward the end of his life. In stunning, magisterial prose, Zenith contextualizes Pessoa’s posthumous literary achievements―especially his most renowned work, The Book of Disquiet.A modern literary masterpiece, Pessoa simultaneously immortalizes the life of a literary maestro and confirms the enduring power of Pessoa’s work to speak prophetically to the disconnectedness of our modern world. 32 pages of illustrations
| Publisher | Liveright |
| Publication date | March 7, 2023 |
| Language | English |
| Print length | 1120 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 1324092394 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1324092391 |
| Item Weight | 2.25 pounds (1.02 kg) |
| Dimensions | 6.1 x 1.9 x 9.2 inches (15.5 x 4.8 x 23.4 cm) |
Who Should Buy?
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Literature Enthusiasts
Readers passionate about literature will gain insights into the life and work of Fernando Pessoa.
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Biographical Researchers
Academics and students researching Pessoa's impact on modernism will find detailed accounts and analysis useful.
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Portuguese Culture Fans
Individuals interested in Portuguese history and culture will appreciate the context surrounding Pessoa's life and influences.
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Casual Readers
People looking for light reading may find the biography too dense or academically focused for enjoyment.
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Pessoa: A Biography by Richard Zenith is a magisterial book about the life of one of Portugal's greatest literary figures, Fernando Pessoa. The author has done a timeless service to the literary world with this unforgettable biography. The book not only explores the life of Pessoa but also provides an insight into the place and times he lived in. It is a great read for anyone interested in Pessoa or Portuguese literature.
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- Magisterial biography of one of Portugal's greatest literary figures
- Provides an insight into Pessoa's place and times
- Great read for anyone interested in Pessoa or Portuguese literature
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- Poor binding quality in some copies
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