{"product_id":"the-book-of-hours","title":"The Book of Hours","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA gorgeous new translation of one of the strongest inaugural works in twentieth century poetry\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLong hailed as a masterwork of modern German literature, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this dual-language edition, Edward Snow, “the most trustworthy and exhilarating of Rilke’s contemporary translators” (Michael Dirda, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55777296351617,"sku":"9781324123460","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0244\/8444\/6286\/files\/THEbookofhours.png?v=1781685456","url":"https:\/\/shop.bl.uk\/products\/the-book-of-hours","provider":"British Library Online Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}