Letters to a Young Poet - Softcover

Rainer Maria Rilke

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1603864806 ISBN 13: 9781603864800

Publisher: Merchant Books, 2012

An Unabridged, Unaltered Edition with All Ten Letters, to include three poems from The Book of Pictures: Kings In Legends, The Knight & The Woman Who Loves -

Review:

" The common reader will be delighted by Stephen Mitchell's new translation of that slim and beloved volume by Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet . . . the best yet."
--"Los Angeles Times"

"From the Hardcover edition."

"The common reader will be delighted by Stephen Mitchell's new translation of that slim and beloved volume by Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet . . . the best yet."
--Los Angeles Times

-The common reader will be delighted by Stephen Mitchell's new translation of that slim and beloved volume by Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet . . . the best yet.-
--Los Angeles Times

About the Author:

Rainer Marie Rilke, the great Austro-German poet, was the author of many works including Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus.

Stephen Mitchell's translations include Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, The Book of Job, Tao Te Ching, and, most recently, Bhagavad-Gita. He lives in California.

• Publisher: Merchant Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1603864806
• ISBN 13: 9781603864800
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80