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''What matters is to live everything. Live the questions for now.''

A hugely influential collection for writers and artists of all kinds, Rilke''s profound and lyrical letters to a young friend advise on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself.

One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics'' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

Letters to a Young Poet

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    A Paperback / softback by Rainer Maria Rilke, Charlie Louth

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 3 March 2016
      ISBN-13 9780241252055
      978-0241252055
      ISBN-10 0241252059
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      Non Fiction Biography Published diaries, letters and journals Books by Rainer Maria Rilke

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''What matters is to live everything. Live the questions for now.''

      A hugely influential collection for writers and artists of all kinds, Rilke''s profound and lyrical letters to a young friend advise on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself.

      One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics'' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

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