Storm of Steel (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

Ernst Jünger

ISBN 10: 0142437905 / ISBN 13: 9780142437902

Edité par Penguin Classics (edition 1), 2004

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The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

N° de réf. du vendeur 0142437905-7-1

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Storm of Steel (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
• Éditeur: Penguin Classics (edition 1)
• Date de parution: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0142437905
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780142437902
• Reliure: Paperback
• Édition: 1.
• État de l'article: Fair

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Synopsis

The memoir widely viewed as the best account ever written of fighting in WW1

A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism, Storm of Steel illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of total war, seen through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier. Young, tough, patriotic, but also disturbingly self-aware, Jünger exulted in the Great War, which he saw not just as a great national conflict but—more importantly—as a unique personal struggle. Leading raiding parties, defending trenches against murderous British incursions, simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart, Jünger kept testing himself, braced for the death that will mark his failure. Published shortly after the war’s end, Storm of Steel was a worldwide bestseller and can now be rediscovered through Michael Hofmann’s brilliant new translation.

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À propos de l?auteur

Ernst Jünger (1895–1998) was born in Heidelberg. He ran away from school and volunteered to join the German army. Fighting throughout the war, he recorded his experiences in several books, most famously in In Stahlgewittern (Storm of Steel).