{"product_id":"the-book-of-hours-by-rainer-maria-rilke-9781324074960","title":"The Book of Hours","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\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\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, described as \"the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke's contemporary translators\" by Michael Dirda of the \u003cem\u003eWashington 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\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47384019370220,"sku":"9781324074960","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/11433993482659.jpg?v=1773396336","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-book-of-hours-by-rainer-maria-rilke-9781324074960","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}