{ "item_title" : "Rilke", "item_author" : [" Rainer Maria Rilke", "Joseph Cadora", "Robert Hass "], "item_description" : "Essential for all poetry collections. . . . Translator Joseph Cadora renders a beautiful new edition complete with commentary on each poem, based on Rilke's letters, numerous biographies, and related works as well as an introduction outlining his approach to the translation. --Library Journal, starred review The] renderings of the canonical poems, such as The Panther, Orpheus, Eurydice, Hermes, and Archaic Torso of Apollo (to name a few), are worthwhile additions to the enormous body of Rilke's work already translated by others. --BooklistRanier Maria Rilke is one of the world's best-selling poets, and Rilke: New Poems contains many of his most iconic pieces. Translator Joseph Cadora has created the definitive English-language version through meticulous faithfulness to Rilke's German and insightful commentary on each of the 400-plus poems. Bilingual, with an introduction by Robert Hass.The PantherFrom endless passing of the bars his gazehas wearied--there is no more it can hold.There seem to be a thousand bars always, and past those thousand bars there is no world.The soft pad of his brawny, rippling paceturns itself in a tightening circle till, like a mighty dance around a tiny space, it centers a numb but still enormous will.But at times the shades of his pupils rise, grasping an image he cannot resist;through his tense, unmoving limbs it flies, and within his heart it ceases to exist.Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the world's most beloved poets.Joseph Cadora is a guitarist, writer, and translator. He lives in Berkeley, California.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers3.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/55/659/425/1556594259_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "30.00", "online_price" : "30.00", "our_price" : "30.00", "club_price" : "30.00", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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