the book of hours
- author: rainer maria rilke
- translator: edward snow
- hardcover
- number of pages: 368
- dimensions: 5.8 x 8.6 x 1.2 in / 14.73 x 21.84 x 3.05 cm
estimated shipping date: within 7-10 days from date of purchase
about this book:
Long hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, The Book of Hours (1905) marks the origin of Rainer Maria Rilke’s distinctive voice and vision—where clarity of diction meets unexpected imagery, where first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these audacious poems, a devout but intimately candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable deity. “What will you do, God, when I die?” Rilke’s speaker asks, passing through love, fear, guilt, anger, bewilderment, loneliness, tenderness and exaltation in his search for meaning.
In this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, “the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators” (Michael Dirda, The Washington Post), makes Rilke’s achievement accessible as never before in English. Snow combines striking fidelity to the German text with an uncanny ability to convey not just its tones and cadences but the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilke’s best poems.
- author: rainer maria rilke
- translator: edward snow
- hardcover
- number of pages: 368
- dimensions: 5.8 x 8.6 x 1.2 in / 14.73 x 21.84 x 3.05 cm
estimated shipping date: within 7-10 days from date of purchase
about this book:
Long hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, The Book of Hours (1905) marks the origin of Rainer Maria Rilke’s distinctive voice and vision—where clarity of diction meets unexpected imagery, where first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these audacious poems, a devout but intimately candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable deity. “What will you do, God, when I die?” Rilke’s speaker asks, passing through love, fear, guilt, anger, bewilderment, loneliness, tenderness and exaltation in his search for meaning.
In this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, “the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators” (Michael Dirda, The Washington Post), makes Rilke’s achievement accessible as never before in English. Snow combines striking fidelity to the German text with an uncanny ability to convey not just its tones and cadences but the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilke’s best poems.
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we will do our best to update you via email about your order, however if your order has exceeded these timelines please reach out to us at support@moonlightartscollective.com.
please note: international customs fees will be the responsibility of the buyer and will vary based on location. consult your local customs office for international import fees.
the book of hours
- author: rainer maria rilke
- translator: edward snow
- hardcover
- number of pages: 368
- dimensions: 5.8 x 8.6 x 1.2 in / 14.73 x 21.84 x 3.05 cm
estimated shipping date: within 7-10 days from date of purchase
about this book:
Long hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, The Book of Hours (1905) marks the origin of Rainer Maria Rilke’s distinctive voice and vision—where clarity of diction meets unexpected imagery, where first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these audacious poems, a devout but intimately candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable deity. “What will you do, God, when I die?” Rilke’s speaker asks, passing through love, fear, guilt, anger, bewilderment, loneliness, tenderness and exaltation in his search for meaning.
In this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, “the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators” (Michael Dirda, The Washington Post), makes Rilke’s achievement accessible as never before in English. Snow combines striking fidelity to the German text with an uncanny ability to convey not just its tones and cadences but the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilke’s best poems.
- author: rainer maria rilke
- translator: edward snow
- hardcover
- number of pages: 368
- dimensions: 5.8 x 8.6 x 1.2 in / 14.73 x 21.84 x 3.05 cm
estimated shipping date: within 7-10 days from date of purchase
about this book:
Long hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, The Book of Hours (1905) marks the origin of Rainer Maria Rilke’s distinctive voice and vision—where clarity of diction meets unexpected imagery, where first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these audacious poems, a devout but intimately candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable deity. “What will you do, God, when I die?” Rilke’s speaker asks, passing through love, fear, guilt, anger, bewilderment, loneliness, tenderness and exaltation in his search for meaning.
In this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, “the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators” (Michael Dirda, The Washington Post), makes Rilke’s achievement accessible as never before in English. Snow combines striking fidelity to the German text with an uncanny ability to convey not just its tones and cadences but the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilke’s best poems.
we will do our best to update you via email about your order, however if your order has exceeded these timelines please reach out to us at support@moonlightartscollective.com.
please note: international customs fees will be the responsibility of the buyer and will vary based on location. consult your local customs office for international import fees.
we will do our best to update you via email about your order, however if your order has exceeded these timelines please reach out to us at support@moonlightartscollective.com.
please note: international customs fees will be the responsibility of the buyer and will vary based on location. consult your local customs office for international import fees.