This is the definitive, widely acclaimed translation of the major prose work of one of our century's greatest poets -- "a masterpiece like no other" (Elizabeth Hardwick) -- Rilke's only novel, extraordinary for its structural uniqueness and purity of language. First published in 1910, it has proven to be one of the most influential and enduring works of fiction of our century.
Malte Laurids Brigge is a young Danish nobleman and poet living in Paris. Obsessed with death and with the reality that lurks behind appearances, Brigge muses on his family and their history and on the teeming, alien life of the city. Many of the themes and images that occur in Rilke's poetry can also be found in the novel, prefiguring the modernist movement in its self-awareness and imagistic immediacy.
| ISBN: | 9780679732457 |
| Publication date: | 27th November 1990 |
| Author: | Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell |
| Publisher: | Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 277 pages |
| Series: | Vintage International |
| Genres: |
Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction Classic fiction: general and literary General Fiction |
This is the definitive, widely acclaimed translation of the major prose work of one of our century's greatest poets -- "a masterpiece like no other" (Elizabeth Hardwick) -- Rilke's only novel, extraordinary for its structural uniqueness and purity of language. First published in 1910, it has proven to be one of the most influential and enduring works of fiction of our century.
Malte Laurids Brigge is a young Danish nobleman and poet living in Paris. Obsessed with death and with the reality that lurks behind appearances, Brigge muses on his family and their history and on the teeming, alien life of the city. Many of the themes and images that occur in Rilke's poetry can also be found in the novel, prefiguring the modernist movement in its self-awareness and imagistic immediacy.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge features in the following genres: Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction, Classic fiction: general and literary, General Fiction
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge is available in Paperback
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge was written by Rainer Maria Rilke, Stephen Mitchell and published by Vintage Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge has 277 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage International series