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Letters to a Young Poet
by Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet
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Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
Translator: Reginald Snell
Introduction: Franz Xaver Kappus
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2002-05-08
ISBN: 0486422453
Number of pages: 80
Publisher: Dover Publications

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Book Review: A must-read for anyone, anytime.
Summary: 5 Stars

It seems to me a bit awkward and out of place to either rate this book or review it. There is no such thing as "a ranking" over such work. RMR has a talent some will see and others will not. His talent is to plainly materialize into words the deepest questions and interests one may manifest over existence. The ideas and principles he expresses in these 10 letters to Mr. Kappus (the "young poet") may serve as a reference for anyone who has ever thought why we are here and what is there to do because of it. Again, some will see the point, others will find it void. What I like about RMR is that -as a writer- he touches philosophy, psychology, literature, and poetry without any particular body of study, except his own intuition and inner voice. If we could all be in contact with our inner self to that extent, we may even decide according to our best.

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