From the writer of the classic Letters to a Young Poet, reflections on Grief and loss, collected and published here in one volume for the first time.
He edited 110 Stories: New York Writes After September 11, and edited and translated Letters on Life: New Prose Translations, published by the Modern Library..
His previous books include Remnants of Song: Trauma and the Experience of Modernity in Charles Baudelaire and Paul Celan, Spectral Evidence: The Photography of Trauma, The Rilke Alphabet, Beggar\'s Chicken: Stories from Shanghai, and We Are But a Moment.
He is Vice Provost and Professor of German and Comparative Literature at New York University.
Ulrich Baer was educated at Harvard and Yale and has been awarded John Simon Guggenheim, DAAD, Paul Getty, and Alexander von Humboldt fellowships.
Letters to a Young Poet and Letters on Life have inspired countless readers.
He wrote approximately about fifteen thousand Letters to an enormous range of recipients.
He is the author of the novel The Notebook of Malte Laurids Brigge and several books of poetry, including The Book of Hours, The Book of Images, New Poems, The Life of the Virgin Mary, The Duino Elegies, and Sonnets to Orpheus.
What a wise and victorious book " --Henri Cole About the Author: Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), born in Prague into a German-speaking family, is widely recognized as one of the world\'s great poets.
This rhapsodic volume teaches us that death is not a negation but a deepening experience in the onslaught of existence. level of life\' and render us more \'vibrant.\' Here we have a great poet\'s reflections on our greatest mystery." --Billy Collins "As we live our lives, it is possible to feel not sadness or melancholy but a rush of power as the life of others passes into us. . .
Praise for The Dark Interval "Even though each of these Letters of condolence is personalized with intimate detail, together they hammer home Rilke\'s remarkable truth about the death of another: that the pain of it can force us into a \'deeper .
Presented with care and authority by master translator Ulrich Baer, The Dark Interval is a literary treasure, an indispensable resource for anyone searching for solace, comfort, and meaning in a time of grief.
Following the format of Letters to a Young Poet, this book arranges Rilke\'s Letters into an uninterrupted sequence, showcasing the full range of the great author\'s thoughts on death and dying, as well as his sensitive and moving expressions of consolation and condolence.
The solace Rilke offers is uncommon, uplifting and necessary."-- The Guardian Gleaned from Rainer Maria Rilke\'s voluminous, never-before-translated Letters to bereaved friends and acquaintances, The Dark Interval is a profound vision of the mourning process and a meditation on death\'s place in our lives. . . "A great poet\'s reflections on our greatest mystery."--Billy Collins "A treasure .
From the writer of the classic Letters to a Young Poet, reflections on Grief and loss, collected and published here in one volume for the first time
