Zibaldone: The Notebooks of Leopardi (Penguin Hardback Classics) Hardcover – 1 August 2013

Obra esquecida e fundamental. Um desses trabalhos para se ler em pequenas doses ao longo da vida. Ou enlouquecer tentando ler em sequência.

einer der großen pessimistischen dichter, schriftsteller philosophen. va wenn man schopenhauer gut findet, kommt man um ihn nicht rum. leider gibt es vom zibaldone keine deutsche gesamtausgabe, aber wer lieber auf deutsch lesen will: "ich bin seher", gebrauchtes taschenbuch müsste hier zu haben sein, da sind ausschnitte aus allen seinen sachen drin.

Good translation. It helps to understand Leopardi’s thought.

It's difficult to review such a book as this translation of Leopardi's hodge podge of notes, diary entries, conversational remarks and massive digressions touches on seemingly every topic which crossed the great poet's mind. I have been waiting thirty years to see an English translation and this is one of the most useful, elegant books to be published by any academic or commercial publisher in a generation. FSG receives high praise for releasing this almost 2000 page edition, finally making available this great pathfinder's inner thoughts and everyday remarks. Leopardi was a man of all times, of a modern as well as classically trained sensibility whom we would do well to study and rediscover our civilizing roots in today's civil maelstrom. Patrick Sulaiman Cole

I purchased the hardback version and I am very pleased. The authors have made an excellent job of translating Leopardi's biblical Zibaldone in English. Having gone through some sections of the original Italian version I soon realized that the enchanting aspect of Leopardi's style had not been lost. His contrived arguments still provoke a subtle need to unravel and unlock his most intimate thoughts on an infinite variety of subjects, from classical to modern literature, science and philosophy, all wrapped up in a melancholic veil characteristic of the anticipation of the postmodern era.The index provides the necessary information to navigate through the 2000 pages of writings, by classifying each of Leopardi's entries by subject (e.g. Love, Life, War, Homer, etc.).