Rilke's Book of Hours: Love Poems to God

Synopsis

A finalist for the pen/west translation awardthe 100th anniversary edition of a global classic, containing beautiful translations along with the original german text. While visiting russia in his twenties, rainer maria rilke, one of the twentieth century's greatest poets, was moved by a spirituality he encountered there. Inspired, rilke returned to germany and put down on paper what he felt were spontaneously received prayers.