Letters to a Young Poet Paperback – 5 April 2012

This is the first ever classic book I read. Actually, I was very intimidated when I started this book. But actually it's really a easy read. There are some philosophies in this book that we don't understand. But I googled that phrases/sentences/paragraphs and I got the meaning.I think this book will be more enjoyable to the aspiring writers. This book discusses many aspects. Solitary,loneliness,love,relationships, sadness,happiness, and many more things. I loved this book.As for the quality of this book, I got this book in an excellent condition ❤️

Whoever told me to buy this on Instagram, thank you

Great content but extremely damaged book. I'd recommend a hardbound, its costlier but worth it.

It is a collection of letters written by Rilke, addressed to a young person named Franz Xaver Kappus between the years 1903-04 from various locations in Europe such as Paris, Pisa, Rome, Florence, and Sweden while traveling. Kappus wants to write poetry and is unsure of his writing, so he decides to seek Rilke's advice who is an alumni of the military academy in Wiener Neustadt which Kappus also attended. The very first letter begins with a little discussion on the poems Rilke has been sent by this young writer, and is followed by a unexpected measure of generosity from this great poet towards a complete stranger who is just starting out as a poet. I cannot even come close to writing a summary of all that these letters contain, for it is beyond my capacity to try and encapsulate Rilke, but I shall advise everyone to read this slim book. It talks about God, love, the unsayable, death, and criticism amongst other things. I feel shocked that someone of Rilke's stature would be so unassuming of himself to respond to someone's letters with such interest and love. He opens himself up wholly to each word that is communicated to him by this young admirer and writes his response with such passion and faith as if this correspondence between them was all that ever mattered to him. I love him so much is all I can say presently. I wish I could write a proper review instead of gushing my feelings out, but such is the effect these letters have upon you.

It is very well written

The quality of the book is good.

An excellent book for writers and creative people.

A must have for anyone I believe. This book is about the responses from Rainer Maria Rilke to a young poet and in every letter it talks about life, how someone can embrace it, it's pitfalls and gives you rare insight into Rilke mind. Excellent book