Simon & Schuster, 1985. Hardcover in dust jacket; First Printing. 183 pages. Translated by Stephen Mitchell. Condition: Very Good. Pages clean and free of marks or writing. Half-cloth binding is tight. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed. Text block is toned along edges. Otherwise Fine.

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Title: The Sonnets To Orpheus (English and German Edition)
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0671557084
ISBN 13: 9780671557089
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German.

To Rilke himself the Sonnets to Orpheus were "perhaps the most mysterious…in the way they came up and entrusted themselves to me, the most enigmatic dictation I have ever held through and achieved; the whole first part was written down in a single breathless act of obedience, between the 2nd and 5th of February, without one word being doubtful or having to be changed." With facing-page German.

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Rilke's Sonnets to Orpheus (published 1923 in German) rank with the most distinguished works of modern poetry. Written in an extraordinary burst of inspiration, these poems reveal a vision of ``a mode of being in which all the ordinary human dichotomies (life/death, good/evil) are reconciled in an infinite wholeness.'' Stephen Mitchell's translations are masterful re-creations of the original, giving both precise renderings of Rilke's language and sensitive interpretations of his poetic intent. This fine dual-language edition is highly recommended. Ulrike S. Rettig, German Dept., Hervard Univ.
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