Rilke on Love and Other DifficultiesRecommendations

An compilation of Rilke's best poetry and prose for fans and newcomers alike.

This is a mini-anthology of poetry and prose for both Rilke fans and those who are discovering him for the first time. Rilke's best work has been gathered by John J. L. Mood, who has included discussion with the selections. Rilke's great comprehension of men and women, as well as his intense spirituality anchored in the senses, are shown in Mood, which incorporates excerpts from letters into an essay.

The poetry on love offered here are typically not simply sensual but often sexual, combining passion and compassion. Others look for recurring themes in his work, such as death and life, as well as progress and evolution. Rilke's comments on knowledge and openness to experience, on grasping the most difficult and converting the most strange into that which we can most trust, finish the book.