Straight from the early 20th century, two different works by my favorite poet. Antinous was a pleasant surprise (albeit a very short one)- like nothing else I had ever read from the ortonym, a tragic love story more simple in the wording than it's usual from this author.
35 sonnets is more in the usual introspective style of Fernando Pessoa. The predominant themes include the exploration of the id/ unconscious mind and the fragmentation of the soul, with a touch of angst caused by the loss of childhood and its innocence.
This last work seemed more consistent with the rest of Pessoa's criations than Antinous, but looking at the dates of both works, Antinous was written before the consolidation of his work which may explain its difference.
EDIT: Fernando Pessoa is the ortonym, not one of the heteronyms as I had accidentaly written.
Granny Weatherwax: 'You've got to think headology, see? Not muck about with all this beauty and wealth business. That's not important.'
