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Books by Rainer Maria Rilke
Das Stunden-Buch
by Rainer Maria Rilke
· published 1899 · last read 2022-01-18
★★★★★
One of my favourite pieces of poetry. Probably doesn't translate well (to English, to German that isn't steeped in religion, etc).
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
by Rainer Maria Rilke
· published 1910 · read 2008-11-01
★★★☆☆
Rilke's poetry is always better than his other works (and than most other poetry). The life of the sensitive author stand-in protagonist in the big city is anxiety inducing, depressing, just … too much. And Rilke describes it perfectly. Over one hundred years later, life is even faster, even louder, even more relentless – one wonders if today's Rilkes can even survive long enough to write about it.