A Little Larger Than the Entire Universe

<b>The largest and richest English-language volume of poetry from “the greatest twentieth-century writer you have never heard of” (<i>Los Angeles Times</i>)</b><br>  <br> <b>Edited Translated and with an Introduction by Richard Zenith the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist <i>Pessoa: A Biography</i></b><br><br><b>A Penguin Classic</b><br><br> Writing obsessively in French English and Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) left a prodigious body of work much of it credited to three “heteronyms”―Alberto Caeiro Ricardo Reis and Alvaro de Campos―alter egos with startlingly different styles points of view and biographies. Offering a unique sampling of his most famous voices this collection features Pessoa’s major best-known works and several stunning poems that have come to light only in this century including his long highly autobiographical swan song. Featuring a rich body of work that has never before been translated into English this is the finest introduction available to the stunning breadth of Pessoa’s genius.