52 Books in 52 Weeks, it's called. The challenge is simple: read a book every week for a year.
09. Duino elegies.
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February 2009
Rilke, Rainer Maria (trans. by Edward Snow)
NY: North Point Press, 2000
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An (the?) overarching concern is the taking up and transforming/preserving inside ourselves the Things around us. Snow is rumored to be the best translator of Rilke. Less straightforward literal translation than Mitchell is my guess — more artistry (?). But twice through these elegies is enough for now: I start to wonder if the Emperor is wearing clothes.
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