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Letters to a Young Poet (Paperback)

by R M Rilke (Author)
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  • Paperback: 123 pages
  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.; New edition edition (27 Oct 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0393310396
  • ISBN-13: 978-0393310399
  • Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.5 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,092 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"...I cannot think of a better book to put into the hands of any young would-be poet, as an inspirational guide to poetry and to surviving as a poet in a hostile world." Harry Fainlight, The Times

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Drawn by some sympathetic note in one of his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. From 1903 to 1908 Rilke wrote a series of remarkable responses to a young would-be poet, on poetry and on surviving as a sensitive observer in a harsh world. An accompanying chronicle of Rilke's life shows what he was experiencing in his own relationship to life and work when he wrote these letters.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!, 18 Sep 2005
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As a poet Rilke is wonderful, but this collection of letters is the most awe inspiring thing he has written. I was introduced to this book by a friend and have re read it countless times and cherished it since. It is my number one recommendation as a meaningful gift especially for young people and aspiring artists. Buy this!
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Rilkes book is not only for joung poets, 28 Jan 1999
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I read this short book of letters by Rilke twice last year and browse through it again and again. Indeed, Rilkes thoughts on man, life, the world are not ony for 'young poets' but are useful for any man. Akthough written at the beginning of this century, these thoughts are also a good guide for anyone living now. I don't need any commercial "Celestine prophecies" - I prefer Rilkes little book !
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5.0 out of 5 stars My way of looking at life was changed, 8 April 1999
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I read this book when I was 18. A friend of mine recomended it to me. It was a great surprise from the first line. I read it in an afternoon, and could not forget it. All the phrases of advice were as if they had been written to me, as if my fears and lonely thoughts were there answered, in a poetic way, in a different way of looking at the things...giving importance to little things that usually are lost in this way of rapid movement
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5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful
One of the most moving and life changing books, in the form of letters written by someone so young at the time and yet with such an unbelievable insight into human life.
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