Fernando Pessoa’s Disappearing Act (2017)

Re:Fernando Pessoa’s Disappearing Act (2017) by personlurking on Monday July 20, 2020 @02:59PM (#23900808)

Scribd has an English translation of Rosa's Grande Sertão: Veredas, titled The Devil to Pay in the Backlands. I'm fluent in Portuguese (though not a native speaker) but couldn't get through the beginning of the original.

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Re:Fernando Pessoa’s Disappearing Act (2017) by caioariede on Monday July 20, 2020 @05:14PM (#23901984)

I'm native speaker and I'm currently reading Grande Sertão: Veredas.

The beginning of the book (first 100 pages) is really hard, mostly because it use words that are not commonly used nowadays but also because some of the words are written as spoken. Some people like to read it loud because of this. I've tried myself for some paragraphs and it really made sense to me :)

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Re:Fernando Pessoa’s Disappearing Act (2017) by sizeofchar on Monday July 20, 2020 @07:30PM (#23902963)

I only understood some words from him after a drama group played at my school. I used to be bored by his style, but after this, I accepted he was a genius.

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Re:Fernando Pessoa’s Disappearing Act (2017) by nathanlied on Monday July 20, 2020 @03:28PM (#23901053)

I'm a native-level (European) Portuguese speaker, and although I can get through the beginning, it is with some effort.

I'd describe the style as being akin to stream of consciousness, but with a somewhat jumbled sentence structure on top. Of course, I use the term 'jumbled', but I'm sure it's intentional, and it does have a striking effect because of that.

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Re:Fernando Pessoa’s Disappearing Act (2017) by aflag on Monday July 20, 2020 @03:47PM (#23901207)

There's a graphic novel of it that you may find interesting. You can probably find it in portuguese bookstores. It's available on Amazon in some countries.

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