Pre-Owned Ahead of All Parting : The Selected Poetry and Prose of Rainer Maria Rilke (Hardcover) 9780679601616

from tinyfishes

This is probably my "desert island" book. This book has literally kept me breathing at times. Mitchell's translations of Rilke's works are transcendent, impeccable. I will pick up this book until I can no longer hold a book in my hands.

from DaleCropper

Rilke is the most personal of poets, and this dense volume is always close at hand. I love looking at the origianal German and the English translation side by side. At least I can get a sense of the orginal rhythm and rhyme.Modern, yet romantic and lyrical.

from frailgesture

Indescribably moving if you're of a certain solitary bent, or if you just appreciate incredibly lyrical poetry. I don't know German, but Mitchell's translation is one of those rare translations that doesn't make you wonder what the author was *really* saying in this or that spot. The one thing I ...

from dbsovereign

Mitchell is a very able, poetic translator. From "The Sonnets to Orpheus": 'Song as you have taught it, is not desire, not wooing any grace that can be achieved; song is reality...Young man, it is not your loving, even if your mouth was forced wide open by your own voice - learn to forget that pa...

from dreamingtereza

By far the best collection and best English translation of Rilke's works.