Rilke: Bio Novel

The book is a tragic love affair between Rilke and Elisabeth Klossowska, who inspires him to complete the Duino Elegies. It offers a Proustian perspective and stirs and sustains the reader's involvement. Rilke's animation is carried out brilliantly.

Format: Hardback
Length: 800 pages
Publication date: 01 April 2021
Publisher: Farrol Kahn GmbH

The book, a captivating tale of tragic love, revolves around Rilke, a poet who has dedicated his entire life to his craft. However, he encounters a profound creative block, leaving him despondent and on the brink of leaving Switzerland. In 1920, fate intervenes when he meets Elisabeth Klossowska, who becomes his lover and muse. She provides him with the inspiration and setting needed to complete his renowned poems, the Duino Elegies. Their relationship is a transformative force in Rilke's life, but tragically, he dies six years later at the age of 50 from leukaemia.

Farrol Kahn's novel offers a truly Proustian perspective on the subject, captivating and sustaining the reader's involvement throughout. The animation of Rilke's character is executed brilliantly, bringing him to life on the pages. Ralph Freedman, the author of a definitive biography titled "Life of a Poet: Rainer Maria Rilke," has praised the excerpt as absolutely brilliant.

Having read the excerpt, I can confidently say that it is a work of exceptional brilliance. Oskar Freysinger, a Swiss writer, has also expressed his admiration for it.

Dimension: 234 x 153 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783952420867