{"title":"Rainer Maria Rilke","description":"Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) was one of the greatest lyric German-language poets. Born in Prague, he published his first book of poems, Leben und Lieber,  at age 19. In 1897 he met Lou Andreas-Salomé, the talented and spirited daughter of a Russian army officer, who influenced him deeply. In 1902 he became a friend, and for a time the secretary, of Rodin, and it was during his 12-year Paris residence that Rilke enjoyed his greatest poetic activity. In 1919 he went to Switzerland where he spent the last years of his life. It was there that he wrote his last two works, Duino Elegies (1923) and Sonnets to Orpheus (1923).","products":[{"product_id":"the-notebooks-of-malte-laurids-brigge-paperback","title":"The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the definitive, widely acclaimed translation of the major prose work of one of our century's greatest poets -- \"a masterpiece like no other\" (Elizabeth Hardwick) -- Rilke's only novel, extraordinary for its structural uniqueness and purity of language. First published in 1910, it has proven to be one of the most influential and enduring works of fiction of our century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMalte Laurids Brigge is a young Danish nobleman and poet living in Paris. Obsessed with death and with the reality that lurks behind appearances, Brigge muses on his family and their history and on the teeming, alien life of the city. Many of the themes and images that occur in Rilke's poetry can also be found in the novel, prefiguring the modernist movement in its self-awareness and imagistic immediacy.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the definitive, widely acclaimed translation of the major prose work of one of our century's greatest poets -- \"a masterpiece like no other\" (Elizabeth Hardwick) -- Rilke's only novel, extraordinary for its structural uniqueness and purity of language. First published in 1910, it has proven to be one of the most influential and enduring works of fiction of our century. \u003cbr\u003eMalte Laurids Brigge is a young Danish nobleman and poet living in Paris. Obsessed with death and with the reality that lurks behind appearances, Brigge muses on his family and their history and on the teeming, alien life of the city. Many of the themes and images that occur in Rilke's poetry can also be found in the novel, prefiguring the modernist movement in its self-awareness and imagistic immediacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a book of quiet, close-knit prose studded with unforgettable scenes, set forth here in precise, analytical descriptions, there in intense, lyrical flights of near- poetry. It is uniquely Rilke and touches the reader with the same sudden revelations and uncanny awareness as do his poems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101610610911,"sku":"9780679732457","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/LbTzk-1Jke9780679732457.webp?v=1781071821"},{"product_id":"stories-of-god-a-new-translation-paperback","title":"Stories of God: A New Translation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eComposed in 1899 when Rilke was only twenty-three, the interconnected tales of \u003ci\u003eStories of God \u003c\/i\u003e were inspired by a trip to Russia the young poet had made the year previously. It is said that the vastness of the Russian landscape and the profound spirituality he perceived in the simple people he met led him to an experience of finding God in all things, and to the conviction that God seeks to be known by us as passionately as we might seek to know God. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll the great themes of Rilke's later powerful and complex poetry can be found in the \u003ci\u003eStories of God \u003c\/i\u003e, yet their charming, folktale-like quality has made them among the most accessible of Rilke's works, beloved by all ages.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101641052383,"sku":"9781590300381","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/M3p4NkZBOE1Yb3JHVngzY2gvZ05UZz09.webp?v=1781071878"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/rainer-maria-rilke.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}