{"product_id":"letters-on-life-new-prose-translations-9780812969023","title":"Letters on Life: New Prose Translations","description":"Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke's voluminous, never-before-translated correspondence, this volume offers\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe 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 the experience of loss, from dealing with adversity to the nature of inspiration-here are Rilke's thoughts on how to infuse everyday life with beauty, wonder, and meaning. \u003cbr\u003eIntimate, stylistically masterful, brilliantly translated and assembled, and brimming with the passion of Rilke, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eLetters on Life is a font of wisdom and a perfect book for all occasions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRAINER MARIA RILKE\u003c\/b\u003e (1875--1926) ranks among the great poets of world literature, and was the author of\u003ci\u003e Duino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eULRICH BAER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of Remnants of Song: Trauma and the Experience of Modernity in Charles Baudelaire and Paul Celan, and the editor of 110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11. Baer is associate professor of German and comparative literature at New York University and chair of the German department.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50514545312018,"sku":"9780812969023","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_844f7cf9-fa6c-44d3-826e-b2b32e3aecb0.jpg?v=1730986793","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/letters-on-life-new-prose-translations-9780812969023","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}