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RILKE RAINER MARIA THE BOOK OF HOURS

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  where first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these
audacious poems  a devout but intimately candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable
deity. "What will you do  God  when I die?" Rilke's speaker asks  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 combines striking fidelity to the German text with
an uncanny ability to convey not just its tones and cadences but the captivating psychological
presence that animates Rilke's best poems. Mystical and moving  The Book of Hours retains its
power to astonish.

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