In 1902, the young German poet Rainer Maria Rilke travelled to Paris to write a monograph on the sculptor Auguste Rodin.
He returned many times over the course of his life, by turns inspired and appalled by the citys high culture and low society, and his writings give a fascinating insight into Parisian art and culture in the last century.
This book brings together Rilkes sublime poetic meditations on existence Notes on the Melody of Thingsand the first English translation of Rilkes experiences in Paris as observed by his French translator Maurice Betz.
