{"product_id":"ahead-of-all-parting-book-rainer-maria-rilke-9780679601616","title":"Ahead of All Parting","description":"The reputation of Rainer Maria Rilke has grown steadily since his death in 1926; today he is widely considered to be the greatest poet of the twentieth century. This Modern Library edition presents Stephen Mitchell's acclaimed translations of Rilke, which have won praise for their re-creation of the poet's rich formal music and depth of thought. If Rilke had written in English, Denis Donoghue wrote in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003ehe would have written in this English. \u003ci\u003eAhead of All Parting \u003c\/i\u003eis an abundant selection of Rilke's lifework. It contains representative poems from his early collections \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Hours \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Pictures; \u003c\/i\u003emany selections from the revolutionary \u003ci\u003eNew Poems, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich drew inspiration from Rodin and Cezanne; the hitherto little-known Requiem for a Friend; and a generous selection of the late uncollected poems, which constitute some of his finest work. Included too are passages from Rilke's influential novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge, \u003c\/i\u003eand nine of his brilliant uncollected prose pieces. Finally, the book presents the poet's two greatest masterpieces in their entirety: the \u003ci\u003eDuino Elegies \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Sonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/i\u003e. Rilke's voice, with its extraordinary combination of formality, power, speed and lightness, can be heard in Mr. Mitchell's versions more clearly than in any others, said W. S. Merwin. His work is masterful.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ WELL_READ \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49561046024465,"sku":"GOR009383275","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49607971504401,"sku":"GOR001942556","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49621248016657,"sku":"GOR009245756","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49963345379601,"sku":"CIN0679601619G","price":11.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49973880029457,"sku":"CIN0679601619VG","price":8.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51346115952913,"sku":"GOR006818677","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0679601619.jpg?v=1751230849","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/ahead-of-all-parting-book-rainer-maria-rilke-9780679601616","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}