Letters to a Young Poet
Author: Rilke, Rainer Maria
ISBN: 9780241620038
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 167mm x 117mm x 16mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Over the course of six years, Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This volume also contains the 'Letter from a Young Worker', a striking polemic against Christianity written too in letter form.
ISBN: 9780241620038
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 128
Dimensions: 167mm x 117mm x 16mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
Introducing Little Clothbound Classics- irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.
Over the course of six years, Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, suffering and the nature of advice itself; these profound and lyrical letters have since become hugely influential for writers and artists of all kinds. This volume also contains the 'Letter from a Young Worker', a striking polemic against Christianity written too in letter form.
