Best Selling Books by Rainer Maria Rilke

Rilke’s Book of Hours falls into three parts: The Book of Monkish Life (1899), The Book of Pilgrimage (1901), and The Book of Poverty and Death (1903). Although these poems were the work of Rilke’s youth, they contain the germ of his mature convictions. Written as spontaneously received prayers, they celebrate a God who is not the Creator of the Universe, but seems to be rather humanity itself, and, above all, that most intensely conscious part of humanity, the artist. This exquisite gift edition contains Babette Deutsch’s classic translations, which capture the rich harmony and suggestive imagery of the originals, allowing interpretations both religious and philosophical, and transporting the reader to new heights of inspiration and musicality.

The first-ever English translation of Rilke’s landmark poetry cycle, by Vita and Edward Sackville-West u00ad– reissued for the first time in 90 years In 1931, Virginia and Leonard Woolf’s Hogarth Press published a small run of a beautiful edition of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Duino Elegies, in English translation by the writers Vita and Edward Sackville-West. This marked the English debut of Rilke’s masterpiece, which would eventually be rendered in English over 20 times, influencing countless poets, musicians and artists across the English-speaking world. Published for the first time in 90 years, the Sackville-Wests’ translation is both a fascinating historical document and a magnificent blank-verse rendering of Rilke’s poetry cycle. Featuring a new introduction from critic Lesley Chamberlain, this reissue casts one of European literature’s great masterpieces in fresh light.

The Notebook of Malte Laurids Brigge is semi-autobiographical and is written in an expressionistic style, dealing with themes of alienation, unfamiliarity, death by illness, longing, childhood memories and the Parable of the Prodigal Son. It was conceptualized and written whilst Rilke lived in Paris. This amazing novel was the only work of prose of considerable length that he wrote and published.

Cartas a un joven poeta es un testimonio íntimo del proceso creativo y espiritual. A través de diez cartas dirigidas a un aspirante a escritor, Rainer Maria Rilke no ofrece consejos técnicos, sino una guía profunda hacia la autenticidad interior. Habla del silencio necesario para la creación, de la soledad como patria del artista, del amor, el miedo, la vocación y el coraje de mirar hacia dentro. Más que un epistolario, es una meditación sobre el sentido de la existencia y el llamado a construir una vida desde el arte y la introspección. Rilke invita al lector a no buscar respuestas en el exterior, sino a "vivir las preguntas", dejando que el tiempo revele aquello que aún no comprendemos. Este libro se ha convertido en un acompañante universal para quienes inician un camino creativo, no como manual, sino como faro silencioso. Cada carta es un espejo: no exige, sugiere; no dicta, pregunta. En sus palabras hay consuelo, disciplina y una delicada fe en el crecimiento interior. Una lectura breve, pero infinita: un diálogo con el alma.

Deluxe edition includes an original carborundum print. -- Cross-Cultural Communications.

Bilingual edition of nearly 200 poems from Rilke''s "Neue Gedichte", with the translations facing the original German texts first published in 1907 and 1908. For contents, see Author Catalog.

Rilke entre 1898 et 1900. Le ##Journal florentin## écrit pour Lou Andreas-Salomé parle de l''art de la Renaissance. Les deux journaux suivants sont alimentés par deux éléments nouveaux qui vont assurer la maturation de Rilke: deux voyages en Russie en compagnie de Lou à la fois maîtresse, amie et mère, et la découverte de Worpswede, petit village près de Brême où vit une petite colonie de peintres (cf. la préface de Jaccottet, p. I-II).