{"product_id":"the-book-of-hours-prayers-to-a-lowly-god-9780810118881","title":"The Book of Hours: Prayers to a Lowly God","description":"This is the first complete translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Hours \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eDas Stunden-Buch\u003c\/i\u003e) in more than forty years. This bilingual edition provides English-speaking readers with access to a critical work in the development of the most significant figure in twentieth-century German poetry. Kidder's delicately nuanced translation preserves Rilke's uncomplicated and melodic flow, his rhythm, and, where possible, his rhyme while remaining true to content. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rilke penned \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/i\u003e between 1899 and 1903 in three parts. Readers and experts alike consider the collection among Rilke's most important and enduring works.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRAINER MARIA RILKE\u003c\/b\u003e (1875-1926) is the author of\u003ci\u003e Duino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Sonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e, and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge\u003c\/i\u003e. Bilingual editions of Rilke's \u003ci\u003eDuino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Poems\u003c\/i\u003e are published by Northwestern University Press. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eANNEMARIE S. KIDDER \u003c\/b\u003eis associate pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor, Michigan and has translated works by Luise Schottroff, Raimon Panikkar, and Jürgen Becker.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413224526098,"sku":"9780810118881","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_96c14086-aa15-4dde-bf2b-4da61d74ba30.jpg?v=1729349838","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-book-of-hours-prayers-to-a-lowly-god-9780810118881","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}