Seine schnsten, bewegendsten und aufregendsten Gedanken ber die groen Offenbarungen des Lebens hat Rainer Maria Rilke auf eindrckliche Weise in seinen Briefen vermittelt. So richten sich seine daraus ausgewhlten Betrachtungen zu konkreten Fragen des menschlichen Daseins in ganz direkter Ansprache an den Leser.Die fnf handlichen Lesebcher lesen sich wie echte Lebensratgeber, sie zeigen uns, wie wir unser Leben ndern knnen, wenn wir es wollen.

The enduring power of Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry rests with his claim that all we need for a better life on earth is already given to us, in the here and now. In twenty-six engaging and accessible essays, Ulrich Baer's The Rilke Alphabet examines this promise by one of the greatest poets in any tradition that even the smallest overlooked word may unlock life's mysteries to us. Fueled by an unebbing passion and indeed love for Rilke's poetry, Baer examines twenty-six words that are not only unexpected but also problematic, controversial, and even scandalous in Rilke's work. In twenty-six...

The enduring power of Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry rests with his claim that all we need for a better life on earth is already given to us, in the here and now. In twenty-six engaging and accessible essays, Ulrich Baer's The Rilke Alphabet examines this promise by one of the greatest poets in any tradition that even the smallest overlooked word may unlock life's mysteries to us. Fueled by an unebbing passion and indeed love for Rilke's poetry, Baer examines twenty-six words that are not only unexpected but also problematic, controversial, and even scandalous in Rilke's work. In twenty-six...