Reading Rilke Reflections On The Problems Of Translations
By William H. Gass
(Basic Books, Paperback, 9780465026227, 272pp.)
Publication Date: October 2000
Categories: Translating & Interpreting, European - German, Poetry
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Description
The greatly esteemed essayist, novelist, and philosopher reflects on the art of translation and on rainer maria rilke's duino elegies-and gives us his own translation of Rilke's masterwork.
About the Author
William Gass is the author of five books of fiction and five books of essays. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.











