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"The Book of Disquiet" Author: [Portuguese] Fernando Pessoa Original title: Livro do desassossego
"The Book of Disquiet" Author: [Portuguese] Fernando Pessoa Original title: Livro do desassossego
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Introduction · · · · · ·
This book "The Record of Disquiet/Han Shaogong's Works Series" translated by Han Shaogong collects Fernando Pessoa's late essays, all of which are "imitation diary" fragments... Pessoa is praised by contemporary critics as "the core figure of European modernism", as well as "an outstanding classic writer", "the most moving", "the writer who can best deepen people's hearts", and so on.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Fernando Pessoa was born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1888. His father died when he was less than six years old. His mother remarried the Portuguese consul in Durban, South Africa. Pessoa followed his mother to South Africa, where he attended primary school, secondary school and commercial school. While studying at the University of Cape Town, his English prose won the Queen Victoria Prize. He returned to Lisbon in 1905 and was admitted to the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon the following year, studying philosophy, Latin and diplomacy. He often went to the National Library to read the works of ancient Greek and German philosophers, and continued to read and write in English.
Between 1912 and 1914, young Portuguese literary figures, led by Pessoa, launched a Renaissance movement under the influence of new literary trends in Britain and France, and founded several short-lived but influential literary magazines, including "Exile", "Portuguese Futurism" and "Orfio".
August 3, 1914 was a day of divine revelation for Pessoa, when he wrote most of the large cycle of poems "The Shepherds" (49 poems in total) in one go.
On November 29, 1935, Pessoa was hospitalized due to a serious deterioration of his liver disease. That day he wrote his last words on a small piece of paper: "I don't know what tomorrow will bring." He died the next day.
From 1943, his friend Luis de Montalvo began to sort out his posthumous manuscripts, and the work of publishing Pessoa's complete works continued until the end of the 20th century. As of 1986, Pessoa's complete works had been published, including 11 volumes of poetry, 9 volumes of prose, and 3 volumes of letters. In addition, some works are still being further discovered and sorted out.
Table of contents · · · · · ·
Write it down and it will be eternal. The journey in the mind is exploited by God. The poetry and literature of accountants. Mr. V as a symbol. Art is in another room. I will also disappear. Who is this face of mine? The symphony in my heart. I am a slave of life without personality and soul. Lisbon is a tray. Two realities. One person is a group. Neither noble nor lowly. A wish at dusk. The joy produced by monotony. Childlike innocence is no longer subjective. The appearance of dreams. Going to church. Card games are the same and different. Stormy street singers. Tourists who arrive at life. For whom does the sun rise? Thinking is better than survival. I have two identities. The soul is the burden of life. Night life is great insomnia. Wandering and listening. Movement is a form of sleeping. Peeping at flies. Not seeing. Another life. Second time. Life is to become the smile of another time. Autism. Prisoner of time. Civilization is an education about nature. A glance. Shrug. Trivia. Potential palace. Self-torment. The piano sound upstairs. Living makes me intoxicated. Simulating myself. The feeling of his body. The stage. The color of autumn moonlight stagnates. I am Caesar falling. The traveler himself is the traveler. The wisdom of children. I travel the eighth continent. Two kinds of people. The change of timetable. Fog or smoke. The reed field rain of the exchange. Monotony and worse monotony Someone comes to see oneself The eyes in the painting The date with death Smell Does not seek understanding Normal great people The social doctrine on the girl Depression The flag of the loser Say more Depression Classification of cheap cigarettes To find the forgotten Learn from everyone Writing Hermit Parents Returning to the boat Writing to cure illness I am a character in the book Jealousy and separation The eternal child Writing is a formal visit to myself Understanding Destruction Love Lonely and hateful love No good or evil Clear diary Cold courtesy To possess is to be possessed Women are a rich mine of dreams False love Letters that will never be sent Visual lovers in front of the window Suffering from love Hand in hand by the sea Sorry, maybe there is a science of the soul Absurd bankrupt A fragment of an autobiography Living in death Indifferent An aesthetic about indifferent Inaction Revolutionize one's own life Freedom of the dead Capital of dreams Modern society is a victim Message in the inn Illusion after religion Reading the newspaper Love is a habit Rhetoric Animal happiness cannot be obtained at the same time Rereading oneself Dead time Absurd nostalgia I am my own disguise Terrible young work New work was originally an old work The King of Rome is higher than grammar, language and politics The fake world Mirror Double lies Throne and crown A few maxims A few maxims (continued)
The difference between people is that all things are inanimate. The article writes about my greater difference. The perfection of an activist ends in action. The forgetfulness in imitation. History is a flowing interpretation. Co-existence. Postscript
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