Most Popular Books by Rainer Maria Rilke

This collection features 12 stories by Franz Kafka, whose fiction is synonymous with the anguish of modern life, and the poet Rainer Maria Rilke, whose stories unfold in the same transcendent lyricism as his verse. Twelve of Kafka's tales from the compilation Ein Landarzt (A Country Doctor), appear here, along with two tales from Ein Hungerkünstler (A Hunger Artist). Rilke's stories include "Die Weise von Liebe und Tod des Cornets Christoph Rilke" (The Ballad of Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke); "Die Turnstunde" (The Gym Class); and Geschichten vom lieben Gott (Stories About the Good Lord).

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.

Paris 17 Şubat 1903 Sevgili Bayım, Mektubunuz ulaşalı henüz birkaç gün oldu. Bana bu kadar çok güvendiğiniz için size teşekkür etmek istiyorum. Tek yapabileceğim de bu. Sizin dizelerinizi eleştirmem mümkün değil, zira bu yöndeki herhangi bir girişimi yadırgıyorum. Bir sanat eserinin dilinden eleştiri sözcükleri kadar az anlayan başka bir şey yoktur. Bir nebze talihli yanlış anlamalarla sonuçlanırlar her zaman. Hiçbir şey genellikle inandırıldığımız kadar somut ve dile getirebilir değildir. Pek çok deneyim ifade edilemez, tek bir sözcüğün bile bugüne kadar giremediği bir alanda gerçekleşir. Ve sanat eserleridir, bizim naçiz, geçici hayatlarımızın ötesinde yaşamlarını sürdüren o esrarengiz varlıklar, her şeyden çok haklarında söylenen sözlerin geri alındığı.

Die Neuen Gedichte sind eine aus zwei Teilen bestehende Sammlung von Gedichten Rainer Maria Rilkes. Die Sammlung gilt neben den ›Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge‹ als Hauptwerk seiner mittleren Schaffensphase. Sie markiert eine Wende von der gefühlsbetonten Dichtung ekstatischer Subjektivität und Innerlichkeit, wie im ›Stunden-Buch‹, zur objektiveren Sprache der Dinggedichte. Mit dieser neuen poetischen Orientierung, die von der bildenden Kunst vor allem Rodins beeinflusst war, gilt Rilke als einer der bedeutendsten Dichter der literarischen Moderne.

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.

Perhaps no cycle of poems in any European language has made so profound and lasting an impact on an English-speaking readership as Rilke's Duino Elegies. These luminous new translations by Martyn Crucefix, facing the original German texts, make it marvellously clear how the poem is committed to the real world observed with acute and visionary intensity.

Living in Paris as he attempts to write a novel, Brigge, a young Danish aristocrat and poet obsessed with death, muses on his family, his background, and his observations of Parisian life