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| Author | Jünger, Ernst |
|---|---|
| Full Title | Storm of Steel |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Publisher | www.bnpublishing.net (2009) |
| Pages | 334 |
| ISBN | 9780142437902 |
| Language | English |
| Short Description | 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, JA1/4nger 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. |
| About the Author | Ernst Jünger (1895-1998) was one of the foremost German writers of the Twentieth century. After serving in the trenches of France as a storm trooper during the First World War, he was awarded the Pour le Mérite. During the Weimar period in Germany, he became one of the foremost thinkers of what has become known as the Conservative Revolution, which posited a third position beyond the conventional Left/Right dichotomy. Originally hailed by the National Socialists as a forerunner, he was later ostracized by them when he wrote against the excesses of Hitler's regime. He served in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, mainly in occupied France. He continued to write and generate controversy after the war, and was also one of the first subjects to take the new drug, LSD, along with its inventor, Dr. Albert Hofmann. He traveled extensively to nearly every continent and died just short of his 103rd birthday, becoming the only German writer to have lived through the Wilhelmine, Weimar, Third Reich, divided Germany and reunified periods of German history. |
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