Letters to a Young Poet

By: Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell - translator

Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell

Ranier Maria Rilke challenges you, "...to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answers." Rilke's ability to combine the sensual and the spiritual into an inspired vision of the art of living is brought to vivid life in his letters. Through his eyes, the everyday difficulties of love, sex, solitude, sadness, and doubt are seen as the archetypal elements of the drama called life.Recording (P)1990 by Audio Literature; Copyright ©1984 by Stephen Mitchell

Critic reviews

"Stephen Mitchell's new translation of Letters to a Young Poet...seems to be the best yet." (Newsday)

bueno

la voz en monotonna y tiene estatica. El texto es hermoso, pero es dificil concentrarse con el estilo del narrador

Beautiful

Poets, writers, and people who drink life fully to the breadth and depth the heart can feel will enjoy the experience of this narration. Amazing!

Complicated. Just the way I like it.

Its a book that tickles your thoughts. Its short and can rehear it various times. Every time I listen I forget what I was thinking last time and new thoughts emerge. Paying atention is complicated because of the plethora of thoughts i have with each sentence. great Hear. Greatly recomend it. Narration is great too!

Connected me to something important

Had a profound effect on my life. Directly described a dream I had as a kid that I've never forgotten about "answering the question" and reinvigorated my wonder for life.

My Question, My Life, My Solitude

Today I randomly found this book because I asked a question to the universe about my life, about my solitude. Within the first few words of this book I found my answer.

So yes.. I would have to say this is an EXCELLENT book if you are trying to figure out your life especially as a fellow writer/poet such as myself. Author Nicole Vincent