Letters on God and Letters to a Young Woman

Rainer Maria Rilke was a prolific letter writer-- some seven thousand of his letters have survived. This volumes makes available two of the earliest collections of Rilke letters published after his death. The thematic collection Letters on God contains two letters by Rilke, the first an actual letter written during World War I, the second a fictional letter composed after the war. Letters to A Young Woman include 9 letters written to admirer Lisa Heise from 1919 to 1924.