The New York Times has two reviews — 1, 2 — of Pessoa, a biography of Fernando Pessoa by Richard Zenith, one of his translators.
I read Pessoa’s The Book of Disquiet in Zenith’s translation last spring. It turned out to be perfectly suited to the times. This post explains why. And this post explains how I found my way to the book.
Thanks again, George.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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The NYT recently asked Phillip Lopate one of its boilerplate interview questions: "If you could require the president to read one book, what would that be." His answer:
ReplyDelete“The Glorious American Essay,” edited by … me. And after that, Fernando Pessoa’s “The Book of Disquiet,” which would unsettle any certainties he might have left.
Oh gosh (!).
ReplyDeleteI liked seeing Randolph Bourne in his list of essayists. I’ll put the link here for future reference: Phillip Lopate, “By the Book.”