place
Italy
also: Italien
The shared travel-memory that opens Herr Baum's acquaintance with the narrator.
Reading notes
- The Book of Hours §30 Italy
Italy, where the branch of the tree-God 'has already blossomed' but bore no further fruit; the Renaissance flowering Rilke sets against the still-unbuilt God of the North.
- Stories of God §76 Italy
Italy, the shared travel-memory that opens the acquaintance.