The Book of Hours - Couverture souple

Rilke, Rainer Maria

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 132412346X ISBN 13 : 9781324123460

Editeur : WW Norton & Co, 2026

Synopsis

A gorgeous new translation of one of the strongest inaugural works in twentieth century poetry

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 and first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these audacious poems, a devout but candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable deity, 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 retains a striking fidelity to the German text while also conveying the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilke’s best poems.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

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.

Edward Snow has received an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award for his Rilke translations. A professor at Rice University, he lives in Houston, Texas.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: WW Norton & Co
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 132412346X
• ISBN 13: 9781324123460
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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