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by: Rainer Maria Rilke
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 153
EAN: 9780812969023
ISBN: 0812969022
Label: Modern Library
Manufacturer: Modern Library
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 272
Publication Date: April 11, 2006
Publisher: Modern Library
Release Date: April 11, 2006
Sales Rank: 302993
Studio: Modern Library
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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.
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Rating:  - Watered down Rilke
This is a poor example of Rilke period. I found this to be a sad compilation in the spirit of "chicken Rilke for the soul." If you are in the least bit interested in Rilke and his work you would do much better checking out his work published by Vintage.
Rating:  - A tremendous feat of sympathetic translation
I am astonished that this wonderful book has not been widely reviewed by Rilke fans. Ulrich Baer is a superb translator and just as crucially he has a deep understanding of Rilke's intention and meaning - vital for opening a window to appreciating one of the greatest poets of the last century (Rilke died in 1926). It is Rilke's prose that is on show here - Baer has made his selection from many thousands of letters, and gathered countless insights that would otherwise be unavailable to English-language ... Read More
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