{"product_id":"the-book-of-hours","title":"The Book of Hours","description":"\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\u003cp\u003eIn this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, \"the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke's contemporary translators\" (Michael Dirda, \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","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48836039868621,"sku":"9781324123460","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_d1a51c2a-4e84-4165-a25d-ad242091d73b.jpg?v=1790991857","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-book-of-hours","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}