The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge Belgian Literature Series confirms the melancholy clairvoyance of

confirms the melancholy clairvoyance of Walter Benjamin

as it goes along

Three of the four books reprinted here are novels: Celestial Seraglio (1929)

Quentin must decide what sort of life is worth living—safe and aloof

markedly sexualized portraits

The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge Belgian Literature Series confirms the melancholy clairvoyance ofFirst published in 1910, Rilke's Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge is one the first great modernist novels, the account of poet aspirant Brigge in his exploration of poetic individuality and his reflections on the experience of time First published in 1910, Rilke's Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge is one the first great modernist novels, the account of poet aspirant Brigge in his exploration of poetic individuality and his reflections on the