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Letters to a Young Poet: With the Letters to Rilke from the ''Young Poet''
By Rainer Maria Rilke & Franz Xaver Kappus &Publisher Description
“The ultimate expression of intergenerational literary wisdom.” —Andrew Solomon, The New Yorker
A work that has inspired generations, this new edition of Letters to a Young Poet features a fresh translation of Rilke’s ten classic letters, along with the missing letters from the young poet himself.For nearly a century, eager writers and young poets, as well as those simply looking for a purpose in life, have embraced the wisdom of Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, first published in 1929. Most readers and scholars have long assumed that the letters from the young poet were forever lost to posterity. Yet, shockingly, these letters were recently uncovered in Germany, and now the acclaimed translator Damion Searls has not only cast a fresh eye on Rilke’s original letters but also those of the “young poet,” Franz Xaver Kappus, an Austrian military cadet and an aspiring poet. This timeless edition, in addition to presenting their dialogue together for the first time in English, provides a new window into the workings of Rilke’s visionary poetic and philosophical mind, allowing us to reexperience the literary genius of one of the most inspiring works of twentieth-century literature.Download the free Fable app
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Beautifully written
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Characters change and growBeautifully writtenRealistic settingThought-provoking
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“Beautiful and poetic prose, and a lot resonated with me. Rilke has a tendency to go off into tangents which threw me off a couple times. Regardless, it was a good read, and Rilke was ahead of his time with some of the ideas he presented.”marykate
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““read the lines as though they were someone else’s and you will feel deep inside how much they are yours” — on writing, what it means to write, why one must write, and what it takes to write”About Rainer Maria Rilke
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926), the author of Sonnets to Orpheus, Duino Elegies, and Letters to a Young Poet, was one of the greatest poets of the German language.
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Franz Xaver Kappus
Franz Xaver Kappus (1883–1966) was an Austrian military officer, journalist, and poet.
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