Rilke On Love And Other Difficulties: Translati... ⚡

Rilke On Love And Other Difficulties (Translation) - Readings

is a curated anthology of Rainer Maria Rilke’s poetry and prose, compiled and translated by John J. L. Mood . Rilke on Love and Other Difficulties: Translati...

Mood provides introductory essays and connecting commentary that links Rilke's spirituality to sensory experience. Rilke On Love And Other Difficulties (Translation) -

Passages from Rilke's correspondence that explore love as a "high inducement to the individual to ripen" and "become world for himself". The text encourages readers to "live the questions"

Rilke famously argues that love is not about "merging" but is instead a "day labor" that requires two solitudes to "protect and touch and greet each other".

The text encourages readers to "live the questions" and embrace the "difficulty" of living and dying with openness.

The volume is widely available at retailers such as Barnes & Noble , Bookshop.org , and City Lights Bookstore .