Books by Rainer Maria Rilke (4)
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Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke EN
Country: Europe / 
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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'What matters is to live everything. Live the questions for now.' A hugely influential collection for writers and artists of all kinds, Rilke's profound and lyrical letters to a young friend advise on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles an... continue
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Lettres à un jeune poète et autres lettres by Rainer Maria Rilke FR
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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En 1903, Rainer Maria Rilke entame une correspondance avec un jeune homme de vingt ans, Franz Kappus, un élève du prytanée militaire, qui lui a envoyé ses premiers essais poétiques. Plusieurs lettres suivront, sue Kappus publiera en 1929, trois ans après la mort de Rilke. Ces textes sont devenus immédiatement célèbres et comptent parmi les plus beaux de Rilke ; au fil du temps et des réponses, ils composent une superbe méditation sur la solitude, la création, l'amour, m'accomplissement de l'être. Au-delà de ce recueil, d'autres lettres ont été ajoutées, adressées à Lou Andréas-Salomé, Friedric... continue
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Rilke's Book of Hours : Love Poems to God by Rainer Maria Rilke EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
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At the beginning of this century, a young German poet returned from a journey to Russia, where he had immersed himself in the spirituality he discovered there. He "received" a series of poems about which he did not speak for a long time - he considered them sacred, and different from anything else he ever had done and ever would do again. This poet saw the coming darkness of the century, and saw the struggle we would have in our relationship to the divine. The poet was Rainer Maria Rilke, and these love poems to God make up his Book of Hours.
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The Dark Interval: Letters on Loss, Grief, and Transformation by Rainer Maria Rilke EN
Country: Europe / Czech Republic
Czech Republic
Description:
From the writer of the classic Letters to a Young Poet, reflections on grief and loss, collected and published here in one volume for the first time. “A great poet’s reflections on our greatest mystery.”—Billy Collins “A treasure . . . The solace Rilke offers is uncommon, uplifting and necessary.”—The Guardian Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke’s voluminous, never-before-translated letters to bereaved friends and acquaintances, The Dark Interval is a profound vision of the mourning process and a meditation on death’s place in our lives. Following the format of Letters to a Young Poet, this book a... continue