{"product_id":"book-of-hours","title":"The Book of Hours","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gorgeous new translation of one of the strongest inaugural works in twentieth century poetry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eLong hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/i\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, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\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":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Book of Hours","offer_id":46528199360709,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-324-12346-0.jpg?v=1783908671","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/book-of-hours","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}