{"product_id":"letters-to-a-young-poet-rainer-maria-rilke-1","title":"Letters to a Young Poet (Rainer Maria Rilke)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCelebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the course of six years, Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This volume also contains the 'Letter from a Young Worker', a striking polemic against Christianity written too in letter form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eRainer Maria Rilke was born in 1875 in Prague. He studied literature, art history and philosophy in both Munich and Prague, and is often considered one of the German language's greatest 20th century poets. His two most famous verse sequences are the \u003ci\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eDuino Elegies\u003c\/i\u003e; his two most famous prose works are the \u003ci\u003eLetters to a Young Poet\u003c\/i\u003e and the semi-autobiographical \u003ci\u003eThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Hardcover), Englisch, 128 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63437387399517,"sku":"K096140731","price":10.5,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/223227-9614073100001A.jpg?v=1771132373","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/letters-to-a-young-poet-rainer-maria-rilke-1","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}