Rainer Maria Rilke Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge. Insel Verlag, 2017. Insel Klassik. Third printing. 9783458362296 244 pages. Softcover volume, measuring approximately 4.75" x 7.5", shows light shelfwear. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and without markings. "Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge" is Rainer Maria Rilke’s best-known prose work—alongside his poetry—and his only novel. Malte, a young man from Denmark, lives in wretched conditions in Paris. Through diary entries, he reflects on his impressions of the big city and his deepening isolation, his existence as an artist, and his childhood in Denmark. The novel is considered one of the first works of literary modernism.