{"product_id":"9781324123460-the-book-of-hours","title":"The Book of Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003e“The most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators.” ―Michael Dirda, Washington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gorgeous new translation of one of the strongest inaugural works in twentieth century poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong 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 and first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these audacious poems, a devout but candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable deity, passing through love, fear, guilt, anger, bewilderment, loneliness, tenderness, and exaltation in his search for meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, “the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators” (Michael Dirda, Washington Post), makes Rilke’s achievement accessible as never before in English. Snow retains a striking fidelity to the German text while also conveying the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilke’s best poems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48359125287127,"sku":"9781324123460","price":32.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0317\/8499\/2899\/files\/9781324123460.jpg?v=1773109488","url":"https:\/\/wanderingbookseller.com.au\/products\/9781324123460-the-book-of-hours","provider":"The Wandering Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}