{"product_id":"the-book-of-hours","title":"The Book of Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook info:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Book of Hours (Kindle, 368 pages) – W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company, 2024. Language: English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eA gorgeous new translation of one of the strongest inaugural works in twentieth century poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, The Book of Hours (1905) marks the origin of Rainer Maria Rilke’s distinctive voice and vision―where clarity of diction meets unexpected imagery and first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these audacious poems, a devout but candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable deity, passing through love, fear, guilt, anger, bewilderment, loneliness, tenderness, and exaltation in his search for meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, “the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators” (Michael Dirda, Washington Post), makes Rilke’s achievement accessible as never before in English. Snow retains a striking fidelity to the German text while also conveying the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilke’s best poems.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Rainer Maria Rilke, Edward Snow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46068980351210,"sku":"9781324074960","price":28.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/5301\/6298\/files\/71SiYm-O35L._SY522.jpg?v=1781194398","url":"https:\/\/textbookme.store\/products\/the-book-of-hours","provider":"TextbookMe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}