{"product_id":"always-astonished-paperback","title":"Always Astonished - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFernando Pessoa\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eEdwin Honig\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter 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 \u003cem\u003eAlways Astonished\u003c\/em\u003e, Pessoa and his several selves debate and discuss one another's work, revealing how Portuguese modernism was shaped. Fernando Pessoa is one of the great voices of twentieth-century literature, and these manifestos, letters, journal notes, and critical essays range through aesthetics, lyric poetry, dramatic and visual arts, and the psychology of the artist. He gives us, too, a singularly heterodox political position in his strange work of fiction, \u003cem\u003eThe Anarchist Banker\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEloquent, volatile and obsessed with life--and death--(Pessoa is one of the) modernist giants in whose shadow we live and who made our century one of the extraordinary richness.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFernando Pessoa\u003c\/strong\u003e is Portugal's most important contemporary poet. He wrote under several identities, which he called heteronyms: Albet Caeiro, Alvaro de Campos, Ricardo Reis, and Bernardo Soares. He wrote fine poetry under his own name as well, and each of his voices is completely different in subject, temperament, and style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 7.99 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42693848531007,"sku":"9780872862289","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/36173789f93e7ba9d7e4770c17df7ae2.webp?v=1765000170","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/always-astonished-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}