Letters around a GardenAn intimate glimpse into the life and letters of Rainer Maria Rilke, one of the most important poets of the twentieth century. In July 1921, displaced European poet Rainer Maria Rilke sequestered himself in the chateau of Muzot, a thirteenth century medieval tower perched in the vineyards above the town of Sierre in the Canton Valais, Switzerland. In this sun flooded landscape of the Rhone Valley, he found beguiling echoes of Spain and his beloved