Sunday, May 17, 2026

NEW BOOK EXPLORES PESSOA'S
FASCINATION WITH ANTINOUS



WE are  are proud to announce that Francisco Acedo Fernández, historian, writer and researcher, has written an extraordinary new book: "La Belleza Inútil. El Antinoo de Fernando Pessoa" (The Useless Beauty. Fernando Pessoa's Antinous), published by The Golden Pelican Group.


The book explores Fernando Pessoa's profound fascination with Antinous as a symbol of sacred beauty, idealized youth, melancholy, memory, and spiritual transcendence. It approaches the subject from literary, symbolic, historical, and aesthetic perspectives, examining the unique place occupied by Antinous within Pessoa's intellectual and poetic universe.


The volume also includes the complete text of Fernando Pessoa's poem "Antinous" in its original English version, together with its Spanish translation.


The work is currently available:

— in paperback in Spanish

— in ebook format both in Spanish and English


All editions are available worldwide through Amazon.


https://thegoldenpelicangroup.com/


https://www.amazon.es/Belleza-In%C3%BAtil-Ant%C3%ADnoo-Fernando-Historical/dp/B0FM88PBL9


https://www.amazon.es/Useless-Beauty-Fernando-Antinous-Historical-ebook/dp/B0GX3241JN


We highly recommend this book.


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