The Heart will be a Sun - Rilke’s “Book of Hours” by Robert Saxton

Accomplished poet Robert Saxton presents his new interpretation of Rainer Maria Rilke’s classic work of profound spiritual poetry "The Book of Hours".
Rilke’s earliest masterpiece is compelling, outspoken, impassioned, strange and wholly alive. It catches the reader off-guard with surprises and frissons of all kinds. Varied and restless, it presents a kaleidoscopic picture of the poet’s complex and shifting relationship with God, which at times feels like a love affair. Key themes include doubt, desire, art, nature, time, nothingness, pilgrimage, the city, poverty and death. All this is set within a vibrant world, peopled by memorable characters, including a young monk resisting the temptations of the flesh, Michelangelo, Botticelli, the Virgin Mary, St Francis, farmers, monks and a sinister nightwatchman.
Saxton’s version of Rilke’s “The Book of Hours” offers a well-judged balance of imaginative interpretation and conscientious fidelity.
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