Ephemeral Aphorisms By Phia Rilke, Translated by Wolfgang Mieder and David Scrase, Afterword by Wolfgang Mieder

Aphorisms by the mother of the famous poet Rainer Maria Rilke, both in the original German and in English translation. An Introduction locates Phia Rilke in her time and place and examines the aphorisms — which among other things dwell on the position of women in turn-of-the-century Austria.