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  Lisbon -- What the Tourist Should See (Paperback) By (author) Fernando Pessoa, Edited by Tony Frazer

  

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  Short Description for Lisbon -- What the Tourist Should SeeA guidebook to Lisbon for English-speaking visitors written by the author whose typescript of the book was discovered amongst his papers after his death.
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  • Publisher: Shearsman Books
  • Published: 15 July 2008
  • Format: Paperback 84 pages
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  • Categories: Guidebooks | Classic Travel Writing
  • ISBN 13: 9781905700752 ISBN 10: 190570075X
  • Sales rank: 200,631

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• 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...