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The Poet's Guide to Life

By: Edited, Translated by Ulrich Baer
Narrated by: Ethan Hawke
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Summary

In this treasury of uncommon wisdom and spiritual insight, the best writings and personal philosophies of one of the 20th century's greatest poets, Rainer Maria Rilke, are gleaned by Ulrich Baer from thousands of pages of never-before translated correspondence.

The result is a profound vision of how the human drive to create and understand can guide us in every facet of life. Arranged by theme, from everyday existence with others to the exhilarations of love and the experience of loss, from dealing with adversity to the nature of inspiration, here are Rilke's thoughts on how to live life in a meaningful way.

Intimate, stylistically masterful, brilliantly translated, and brimming with the wonder and passion of Rilke, The Poet's Guide to Life is comparable to the best works of wisdom in all of literature and a perfect book for all occasions.
©2005 Ulrich Baer (P)2005 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.
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beautiful

I Love the wisdom inside of this book, you wont regret listening. will defiantly be reading again soon.

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