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OverviewA profound exploration of the enduring impact of war in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ""War is back again."" So begins Alexander Kluge's latest book, prompted by a war of aggression that, though being waged in Europe, is of global importance. Blending simple stories with multimedia and reflecting on human responses and hope, the author does not aim to take sides nor make an appeal. Rather, he is concerned with what he calls ""mole war,"" the tenacious and often subterranean survival of war—what war makes of people and what life of its own it is capable of. Kluge's book is based on an iconic model, the primer, and named after a famous one: Bertolt Brecht's. Here we find simple stories underpinned with montages, film stills, and sequences. The author was ten years old when—sitting at his school desk and with his finger on the map—he followed German tanks on their journey to Stalingrad. In the time between then and his ninety-first birthday in February 2023, this chronicler of emotions has studied the costumes of war again and again: War is mortal but does not die quickly. How can we respond to its demands? Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alexander Kluge , Alexander BoothPublisher: Seagull Books London Ltd Imprint: Seagull Books London Ltd Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9781803093956ISBN 10: 1803093951 Pages: 136 Publication Date: 02 October 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Forthcoming Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsStation 1 ‘War is back again’ Station 2 The utopia of armour Station 3 Caucasian and Ukrainian Stories / ‘The Wonder of Animals’ Station 4 ‘The American Civil War is not dead’ / What do we know about the unfinished wars still raging beneath the ground of our planet? Station 5 Fog of War Station 6 Human nature and bitter war / In aggression’s zoo / ‘The ability to mourn’ReviewsAuthor InformationAlexander Kluge is one of the major German fiction writers of the late twentieth century and an important social critic. As a filmmaker, he is credited with the launch of the New German Cinema movement. Alexander Booth is a writer and translator. He lives in Berlin. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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