num_pages: 162
description: One of the literary masterpieces of the century, this translation is now presented with facing-page German. To Rilke himself the Sonnets to Orpheus were "perhaps the most mysterious in the way they came up and entrusted themselves to me, the most enigmatic dictation I have ever held through and achieved; the whole first part was written down in a single breathless act of obedience, between the 2nd and 5th of February, without one word being doubtful or having to be changed." With facing-page German.
language: English
title: Sonnets to Orpheus
titlecomplete: Sonnets to Orpheus
genres: Classics, Fiction, German Literature, Germany, Poetry Plays, 20th Century, Literature, Unfinished, Mythology, Poetry
ratings_count: 3483
publisher: W. W. Norton