The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge

Fiction & Literature, Classics
Cover of the book The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke, Penguin Books Ltd
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke ISBN: 9780141928463
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Publication: June 4, 2009
Imprint: Penguin Language: English
Author: Rainer Maria Rilke
ISBN: 9780141928463
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication: June 4, 2009
Imprint: Penguin
Language: English

While his old furniture rots in storage, Malte Laurids Brigge lives in a cheap room in Paris, with little but a library reader's card to distinguish him from the city's untouchables. Every person he sees seems to carry their death with them, and he thinks of the deaths, and ghosts, of his aristocratic family, of which only he remains. The only novel by one of the greatest writers of poetry in German, the semi-autobiographical Notebooks is an uneasy, compelling and poetic book that anticipated Sartre and is full of passages of lyrical brilliance.

Michael Hulse's new translation perfectly conveys the unsettling beauty of the original and is accompanied by an introduction on Rilke's life and the biographical and literary influences on the Notebooks. This edition also includes suggested further reading, a chronology and notes.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

While his old furniture rots in storage, Malte Laurids Brigge lives in a cheap room in Paris, with little but a library reader's card to distinguish him from the city's untouchables. Every person he sees seems to carry their death with them, and he thinks of the deaths, and ghosts, of his aristocratic family, of which only he remains. The only novel by one of the greatest writers of poetry in German, the semi-autobiographical Notebooks is an uneasy, compelling and poetic book that anticipated Sartre and is full of passages of lyrical brilliance.

Michael Hulse's new translation perfectly conveys the unsettling beauty of the original and is accompanied by an introduction on Rilke's life and the biographical and literary influences on the Notebooks. This edition also includes suggested further reading, a chronology and notes.

More books from Penguin Books Ltd

Cover of the book Rudd, Gillard and Beyond by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book Why Britain is at War by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book A Shepherd's Life by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book The Satyricon by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book The Gallows Curse by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book The Lair of the White Worm by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book Who Really Runs Ireland? by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book Nine Lives by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book Noodle Head by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book Secret Santo by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book Unknown Soldiers by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book Being Pakeha Now by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book Bel-ami by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book I Never Knew There Was a Word For It by Rainer Maria Rilke
Cover of the book Untamed by Rainer Maria Rilke
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy