Synopses & Reviews
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, Jnger exulted in the Great War, which he saw not just as a great national conflict butmore importantlyas a unique personal struggle. Leading raiding parties, defending trenches against murderous British incursions, simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart, Jnger kept testing himself, braced for the death that will mark his failure.
Published shortly after the wars end, "Storm of Steel" was a worldwide bestseller and can now be rediscovered through Michael Hofmanns brilliant new translation.
Review:
Extraordinary... Michael Hofmann's superlative translation retains all the coruscating vitality of the original. (Niall Ferguson) Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. (Evening Standard)
About the Author
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).
Michael Hofmann has translated the work of Joseph Roth, Herta Müller, ZoJenny, Wim Wenders, Wolfgang Koeppen, and Franz Kafka.
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