{"product_id":"9781324123460","title":"The Book of Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003eLong hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e (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, \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), 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":"W.W. Norton and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57183623512437,"sku":"9781324123460","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781324123460.jpg?v=1778759774","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781324123460","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}