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Letters on Life
  • Published: 15 July 2006
  • ISBN: 9780812969023
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $45.00

Letters on Life

New Prose Translations

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18 Dec 2007
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15 July 2006
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Letters to a Young Poet meets Khalil Gibran's The Prophet: a book of essential widsom.

Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke’s voluminous, never-before-translated correspondence, this volume offers the best writings and personal philosophy of one of the twentieth century’s greatest poets. The result is a profound vision of how the human drive to create and understand can guide us in every facet of life. Arranged by theme–from everyday existence with others to the exhilarations of love and the experience of loss, from dealing with adversity to the nature of inspiration–here are Rilke’s thoughts on how to infuse everyday life with beauty, wonder, and meaning.
Intimate, stylistically masterful, brilliantly translated and assembled, and brimming with the passion of Rilke, Letters on Life is a font of wisdom and a perfect book for all occasions.
  • Published: 15 July 2006
  • ISBN: 9780812969023
  • Imprint: Random House US Group
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $45.00
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About the authors

Rainer Maria Rilke

Rainer Maria Rilke was born in 1875 in Prague. He studied literature, art history and philosophy in both Munich and Prague, and is often considered one of the German language's greatest 20th century poets. His two most famous verse sequences are the Sonnets to Orpheus and the Duino Elegies; his two most famous prose works are the Letters to a Young Poet and the semi-autobiographical The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. He died in 1926 in Switzerland after suffering from undiagnosed, chronic acute leukemia during his final months.
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Praise for Letters on Life

"This thematic selection from the vast trove of Rilke's letters and papers reveals an unfamiliar side of the poet that broadens and deepens the range of his thought. Professor Baer's translations are eloquent, and his spendid introduction is sensitive, thorough, and illuminating." --Burton Pike, professor emeritus of comparative literature at City University of New York, and award-winning translator

"Professor Baer's book is the best of its kind I have ever encountered. It is clearly and elegantly translated and arranged, an ispired gift to a world in terible need of Rilke's grave and joyful vision." --Franz Wright, author of Walking to Martha's Vineyard, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for poetry