{"product_id":"conversations-with-rilke","title":"Conversations with Rilke","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Maurice Betz\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Will Stone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I owe Betz infinite gratitude…a first-rate poet, a creative spirit, and a friend to all creative spirits…an ornament to literary France…an artist with words, lovable and worthy of love\" – Thomas Mann\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Maurice Betz is one of those artists whose importance only fully appears after they have disappeared\" – Marcel Aymé\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The Betz translation of \u003cem\u003eThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge\u003c\/em\u003e constituted a conversation, even a confidence. And this is what makes its perfection so vital. Rilke is more present there than any author translated from book to book. For here was a translation from heart to heart\" –Jean Cassou\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWalking in the Luxembourg Garden, describing encounters with enigmatic diva Eleonora Duse or an irascible Tolstoy: Rainer Maria Rilke’s French translator Maurice Betz enjoyed a rare intimacy with the great poet. This account of their collaborative translation of Rilke’s only novel brings the reader along on a tour of the glittering cultural scene of interwar Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn elegant, poignant look at the great writer’s final years, Betz’s memoir, sensitively translated by Will Stone, is a portrait of genius, an evocation of a lost world, and a testament to enduring friendship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003ePushkin Press, 2025\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1937\u003cbr\u003e5.1 x 7.8 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9781805330288\u003cbr\u003eEssays, German Literature\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53271350542504,"sku":"9781805330288","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/files\/ConversationswithRilke_Maurice_Betz.jpg?v=1753890931","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/conversations-with-rilke","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}