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Letters on Life: New Prose Translations

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Based on 54 Ratings and 7 Reviews

Book Description
Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke's voluminous, never-before-translated correspondence, this volume offers the best writings and personal philosophy of one of the twentieth century's greatest poets. The result is a profound vision of how the human drive to create and understand can guide us in every facet of life. Arranged by theme-from everyday existence with others to the exhilarations of love and... More
Book Information
PublisherModern Library
BindingPaperback
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages272
ISBN-100812969022
ISBN-13978-0812969023
Publication Date04/11/2006
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About Rainer Maria Rilke (Author) : Rainer Maria Rilke is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Rainer Maria Rilke include Letters on Life: New Prose Translations (Modern Library Classics), Letters to ... more
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About Ulrich Baer (Translator) : Ulrich Baer is a published translator. A published credit of Ulrich Baer is Letters on Life: New Prose Translations (Modern Library Classics).
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8/31/2007 Amy Moreno tagged as: poetry

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