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Lisbon — What the Tourist Should See

Pessoa, Fernando, Frazer, Tony
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Shearsman Books
Published: July 15, 2008
ISBN: 9781905700752
84 pages, black & white illustrations
Country of publication: United Kingdom

£9.95

In 1925, Fernando Pessoa wrote a guidebook to Lisbon for English-speaking visitors, and wrote it in English. The typescript was only discovered amongst his papers long after his death, but has not hitherto been made available in the UK or the USA. The book is fascinating in that it shows us Pessoa’s view of his native city – and Pessoa, as an adult, rarely left Lisbon, and it figures large in his poetry. The book can still be useful to visitors today, given that the majority of the sights described are still to be found. A fascinating scrap from the master’s table….

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