Synopses & Reviews
Rainer Maria Rilke felt that the world and all its joys most truly belonged to the young, and in he captured for them the magic, charm and wisdom of fairy and folk tales.
Synopsis
Rilke's haunting images focus on the difficulty of communion with the ineffable in an age of disbelief, solitude, and profound anxiety.
About the Author
Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is considered one of the greatest poets who ever wrote in the German language. His most famous works are Sonnets to Orpheus, The Duino Elegies, Letters to a Young Poet, and The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. His collected work is comprised of hundreds of other poems, essays, plays, and stories.