Books this year: a book diary

Ken recently discovered the poet Rilke and has become much enamored of him. As I have come to respect Ken’s taste, I thought I would enjoy this volume. Unfortunately, I was unable to find anything that beautiful, and the few things that were, Ken had already sent me.

The editor of this volume seems to have the desire to show Rilke in an uncustomary light. I don’t exactly know what the customary light is, so I can’t say how well he achieved this objective. There’s a long essay which is in actuality snippings from a variety of Rilke which reads very nicely as if it were written at once. Then there are some poems on love, and some poems on other difficulties.

I will continue to read more Rilke to see if there’s anything I like. I’m starting to uncross my fingers though.

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