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# The Poet's Guide to Life: The Wisdom of Rilke

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Review: Book arrival - Arrived in good condition and before scheduled delivery time.
Review: Transformative - How did I live this long without the wisdom of Rilke? Recommended to me by a poet, this unusual volume is really two books in one. Ulrich's Baer's extensive introduction itself is a work of great subtlety and wisdom. He presents Rilke as a complex figure whose romantic image is at variance with his deep commitment to mindfulness and rigorous self-examination. Then there is Rilke himself relentlessly holding us to the originality and delicious upredictability of our fate. Every writer should have this volume in their personal library. Paul Gilbert, Jr.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,091,417 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #153 in German Poetry (Books) #9,918 in Motivational Self-Help (Books) #15,375 in Personal Transformation Self-Help |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (33) |
| Dimensions  | 5.9 x 0.87 x 7.65 inches |
| Edition  | First Edition |
| ISBN-10  | 0679642927 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0679642923 |
| Item Weight  | 12 ounces |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 272 pages |
| Publication date  | March 22, 2005 |
| Publisher  | Modern Library |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book arrival
*by F***R on December 29, 2024*

Arrived in good condition and before scheduled delivery time.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Transformative
*by D***T on April 14, 2011*

How did I live this long without the wisdom of Rilke? Recommended to me by a poet, this unusual volume is really two books in one. Ulrich's Baer's extensive introduction itself is a work of great subtlety and wisdom. He presents Rilke as a complex figure whose romantic image is at variance with his deep commitment to mindfulness and rigorous self-examination. Then there is Rilke himself relentlessly holding us to the originality and delicious upredictability of our fate. Every writer should have this volume in their personal library. Paul Gilbert, Jr.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A traditional mystic embraces modernism and introduces existentialism
*by T***Y on November 10, 2013*

I happen to love reading Rilke. This collection is quite good, and representative of his best work. Some his work reminds me of the contemplative Sufi writer and poet, Rumi. Particularly interesting about Rilke is the period in which he wrote, during the period leading up to and including the great upheavals in European civilization, the rise of communism, the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the First World War. His writings become a prelude to Existentialism, while retaining the personal mystical traditions of a vanishing culture.

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