<div>Selected work from the modernist poet thematically centered on our relation to the physical world and our minds, featuring original texts and translations. The Inner Sky is a selection of poems and prose by the great poet Rainer Maria Rilke, set with the original text and a translation, and including more than a dozen works that have never before appeared in English. The translations, by the NEA and PEN Award&ndash;winning author and translator Damion Searls, are lively, moving, and appealing, and they give a new voice for Rilke in English: mystical but concrete, like Emily Dickinson or Gerard Manley Hopkins. Searls&rsquo;s selection of texts clusters around a handful of related images and ideas&mdash;birds and trees, giving and receiving, working and waiting, girlhood and gardens&mdash;and presents a coherent vision of how we relate to the outer world and inner world of the imagination. Scholars and students of Rilke will benefit from the German and French originals opposite the translations, and two full indices of English and original titles and first lines. An annotated chronology and the translator&rsquo;s afterword complete this rich new volume, a necessary addition to even the most complete Rilke library, and the perfect introduction for those just getting to know this perennial master. &ldquo;No matter their level of familiarity with Rilke, The Inner Sky belongs on the bookshelf of any literature lover, thanks largely to Searls&rsquo; deft translation and grouping of Rilke&rsquo;s work.&rdquo; &mdash;Rachel Mennies, ForeWord Magazine &ldquo;A must-read for Rilke fans, The Inner Sky will deepen the English-speaking world&rsquo;s perception of the man behind the well-wrought verses.&rdquo; &mdash;Stephan Delbos, The Prague Post</div>

The Inner Sky

<div>This collection of new and classic Christmas literature includes stories by Herman Hesse, Joseph Roth, The Brothers Grimm, and many others. This collection brings together traditional and contemporary holiday stories from Austria, Switzerland, and Germany. You&#39;ll find classic works by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine, Rainer Maria Rilke, Thomas Mann and Arthur Schnitzler, as well as more recent tales by writers like Heinrich B&ouml;ll, Peter Stamm and Martin Suter. It also includes the first published English translation of Joseph Roth&rsquo;s story &ldquo;Christmas in Cochinchina.&rdquo; Enjoy Eine fr&ouml;hliche Weihnachten&#8213;A Merry Christmas&#8213;made all the more festive with these literary treats redolent of candle-lit trees, St. Nikolaus, gingerbread, Gugelhopf and stollen cakes, all accompanied by plenty of schnapps.</div>

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A Very German Christmas

<div>This collection of letters by the renowned Austrian poet offers a rare glimpse into his private life and his relationship with the woman he called Benvenuta.In January of 1914, Rainer Maria Rilke received his first letter from a Viennese correspondent who had discovered his story collection, Tales of the Dear Lord God. A sudden and intense exchange of letters followed which would eventually put the famous poet in touch with the woman he would never meet. Nearing forty and separated from his wife, Rilke was ill and depressed when his correspondence with Magda von Hattingberg began. A concert pianist many years younger, she was also alone. Von Hattingberg told the story of their brief but dramatic attachment in her book Rilke and Benvenuta. Now their story is made complete with Letters to Benvenuta, a series of letters written by Rilke during a sojourn in Paris.</div>

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Books By Rainer Maria Rilke (3 Books)

The Inner Sky

A Very German Christmas

Letters to Benvenuta

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