{"product_id":"the-book-of-hours","title":"The Book of Hours","description":"Long 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, where first-person poetry discovers its full lyric possibility. In these audacious poems, a devout but intimately candid speaker addresses an ultimately unknowable deity. \"What will you do, God, when I die?\" Rilke's speaker asks, passing through love, fear, guilt, anger, bewilderment, loneliness, tenderness, and exaltation in his search for meaning. \u003cp\u003eIn this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, \"the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke's contemporary translators\" (Michael Dirda, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e), makes Rilke's achievement accessible as never before in English. Snow combines striking fidelity to the German text with an uncanny ability to convey not just its tones and cadences but the captivating psychological presence that animates Rilke's best poems. Mystical and moving, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/em\u003e retains its power to astonish.\u003c\/p\u003e\r","brand":"Rainer Maria Rilke, Edward Snow","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44474054934764,"sku":"9781324074960","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781324074960.jpg?v=1718843023","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/the-book-of-hours","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}