description: In this never-before-translated exchange of letters spanning almost thirty years, the poet Rainer Maria Rilke and Lou Andreas-Salome, a charismatic writer fourteen years his senior, chart a relationship that moves from that of lovers to that of mentor and protege to that of deepest personal and literary allies. From the time of their first meeting and consequent affair to Rilke's death in 1926, Rilke and Andreas-Salome reel through extremes of love, hurt, aversion, desire, and need - yet also guide each other in one of the most fruitful artistic exchanges in twentieth-century literature. Despite illness, distance, and multiple estrangements, they manage to cultivate, through intense yet finely honed and often painfully candid prose, an enduring and indispensable friendship, a decades-long heartfelt dialogue that encompasses love, art, and the imagination.
language: Spanish; Castilian
title: Correspondencia - Rilke - Salome
titlecomplete: Correspondencia - Rilke - Salome (Spanish Edition)
genres: 20th Century, Biography, Classics, Philosophy, German Literature, Nonfiction, Romance, Biography Memoir, Poetry, Memoir
ratings_count: 268
publisher: Olaneta