Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell (Translator, Editor), Robert Hass (Introduction by)
Publish Date
1989-03-13
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
National Geographic Books
Subtitle
Bilingual Edition
Number of Pages
400
Edition
1
ISBN-10
0679722017
ISBN-13
9780679722014
citemno
130629
Subject
Poetry
SKU
9780679722014
Description
"This miracle of a book, perhaps the most beautiful group of poetic translations this century has ever produced," (Chicago Tribune) should stand as the definitive English language version.
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