The Transformation Book Tapa blanda - 2014

New York: Contra Mundum Press, 2014. Trade paperback. Very Good. 419 pp. Intro, biblio. Includes a few b/w illustrations. The Transformation Book, which belongs to Pessoa's pre-heteronymic period, contains a series of fragments written in English, Portuguese, and French, none of which were ever published during Pessoa's lifetime. Conceived by Pessoa in 1908, a year of great social and cultural transformation in Portugal, The Transformation Book was designed to reflect and advance social and cultural transformation in Portugal and beyond. Moving between a number of literary forms, including poetry, fiction, and satire as well as essays on politics, philosophy, and psychiatry, The Transformation Book marks one of the fundamental stages in Pessoa's elaboration of a new conception of literary space, one that he came to express as a "drama in people." Alexander Search, Pantaleão, Jean Seul de Méluret, and Charles James Search are the four "pre-heteronyms" to which the texts of The Transformation Book… Leer más

Contra Mundum Press, 2014-02-28. Illustrated. Used - Very Good. A copy that may have been read, very minimal wear and tear. May have a remainder mark.

Contra Mundum Press, 2014. Trade Paperback. New. New.

Paperback. New.

Contra Mundum Press, 2014. Paperback. New. 512 pages. 7.95x5.12x1.18 inches.

Contra Mundum Press. New. Special order direct from the distributor

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.