Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke
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'What matters is to live everything. Live the questions for now.' A hugely influential collection for writers and artists of all kinds, Rilke's profound and lyrical letters to a young friend advise on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself.
Genres: PoetryClassicsNonfictionPhilosophyWritingEssaysLiteratureGerman LiteratureArtMemoir
80 Pages

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