Author: Rilke, Rainer Maria & Betz, Maurice translated by Will Stone
Title: Rilke in Paris
Description: London Hesperus Press 2012 Paperback - 114 pages - new condition ¶ In the summer of 1902, a young unknown German-language poet named Rainer Maria Rilke, arrived in Paris with the intention of writing a monograph on the famous sculptor Auguste Rodin. From then on, Paris proved both a reliable base and an irresistible source of inspiration for Rilke. Rilke in Paris is now available in English translation for the first time. Notes on the Melody of Things, Rilke wrote in 1898, aged twenty-three. The exquisite beauty of these enigmatic, barely known notes magisterially heralds the great poetry to come

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