Always Astonished

by Fernando Pessao and Fernando Pessoa

Book Overview

"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) his heteronyms--Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis, and Alvaro de Campos--the several pseudonyms under which he wrote an extraordinary body of poetry. In Always Astonished, Pessoa and his several selves debate and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872862283
• ISBN13: 9780872862289
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: City Lights Books
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.0"