Fiction
Letters on Life: New Prose Translations (Modern Library Classics)
A Modern Library Classics paperback that gathers Rainer Maria Rilke's letters and prose fragments around themes: love, work, solitude, death, and the difficulty of being a person. Ulrich Baer provides new translations and a thematic arrangement that lets Rilke address the reader directly, without the clutter of the full correspondence. The volume is small, portable, and unapologetically quotable. The cover is the muted Modern Library design that signals permanence without pomposity. Ideal reader: the person who wants Rilke's counsel without committing to the complete letters, or the insomniac looking for permission to take their restlessness seriously.
$8.00
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Pittsburgh, PA
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3–5 business days
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