Storm of Steel

[Dave Monroe]

Storm of Steel
Ernst Junger - Author
Michael Hofmann - Translator
Michael Hofmann - Introduction by
$16.00
Book: Paperback | 7.00 x 5.00in | 320 pages | ISBN 9780142437902 | 04
May 2004 | Penguin Classic | 18 - AND UP


A superlative new translation of one of the greatest works to emerge
from the catastrophe of the First World War

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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