{"product_id":"rilkeas-hands-9781032385099","title":"Rilkeâs Hands","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book of meditative reading. Each of the sixty-one aphoristic entries aims to interpret Rilkeâs poetry as a musician might play Debussyâs \u003ci\u003eClair de lune\u003c\/i\u003e, to transpose into the key of language the song, the melody, and the refrain of Rilkeâs gentle disposition: his recognition of the transience of things; his acknowledgment of the vulnerability and fragility of people, animals, and flowers; his empathy toward those who suffer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cut flowers gently laid out on the garden table recovering from their death already begun in one of the\u003cem\u003eSonnets to Orpheus\u003c\/em\u003e form a thread now visible now faint through most of this book. And because of the flowers, the concept of gentleness forms another thread, and because of gentleness, handsâagents of gentleness throughout Rilkeâs poetryâenfold these pages. The German word \u003ci\u003eleise\u003c\/i\u003e (gentle, tender, quiet) weaves the first thread; the second is woven by flowers, then by girlsâ hands, then by angels, the beloved, the poor,\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019021058391,"sku":"9781032385099","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032385099.jpg?v=1750779062","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rilkeas-hands-9781032385099","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}