The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke Paperback Book 9780199646036

A landmark in the development of the twentiethcentury novel the Notebooks is the story of a young Danish aristocrat told in a series of notes that explore Maltes life in Paris childhood memories and reflections in highly crafted poetic prose A radical departure from literary realism it is an archetypal confrontation with the modern