Storm of Steel

Awards:   Winner of Oxford Weidenfeld Prize.
Author:   Ernst Junger ,  Michael Hofmann ,  Michael Hofmann
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
ISBN:  

9780142437902


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   04 May 2004
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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Awards

  • Winner of Oxford Weidenfeld Prize.

Overview

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. For more than sixty-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,500 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

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Author:   Ernst Junger ,  Michael Hofmann ,  Michael Hofmann
Publisher:   Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:   Penguin Classics
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 19.60cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9780142437902


ISBN 10:   0142437905
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   04 May 2004
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Storm of SteelIntroduction Bibliography Storm of Steel In the Chalk Trenches of Champagne From Bazancourt to Hattonchâtel Les Eparges Douchy and Monchy Daily Life in the Trenches The Beginning of the Battle of the Somme Guillemont The Woods of St-Pierre-Vaast Retreat From the Somme In the Village of Fresnoy Against Indian Opposition Langemarck Regniéville Flanders Again The Double Battle of Cambrai At the Cojeul River The Great Battle British Gains My Last Assault We Fight Our Way Through

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Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. 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 ) Extraordinary... Michael Hofmanns 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 ) Extraordinary... Michael Hofmannas 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 ) 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 ) The definitive World War I account from the German point of view. --Margaret Atwood, Entertainment Weekly Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. --London Evening Standard Extraordinary . . . Michael Hofmann's superlative translation retains all the coruscating vitality of the original. --Niall Ferguson, author of Civilization, Colossus, and The Ascent of Money The definitive World War I account from the German point of view. Margaret Atwood, Entertainment Weekly Storm of Steelis what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. London Evening Standard Extraordinary . . . Michael Hofmann s superlative translation retains all the coruscating vitality of the original. Niall Ferguson, author ofCivilization, Colossus, andThe Ascent of Money Extraordinary... Michael Hofmann s superlative translation retains all the coruscating vitality of the original. Niall Ferguson, author of Colossus Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. Evening Standard Extraordinary... Michael Hofmann's superlative translation retains all the coruscating vitality of the original. --Niall Ferguson, author of Colossus Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. --Evening Standard


The definitive World War I account from the German point of view. -Margaret Atwood, Entertainment Weekly Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. -London Evening Standard Extraordinary . . . Michael Hofmann's superlative translation retains all the coruscating vitality of the original. -Niall Ferguson, author of Civilization,Colossus, and The Ascent of Money


Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. 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 ) Extraordinary... Michael Hofmanns 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 ) Extraordinary... Michael Hofmannas 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 ) 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 ) The definitive World War I account from the German point of view. --Margaret Atwood, Entertainment Weekly Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. --London Evening Standard Extraordinary . . . Michael Hofmann's superlative translation retains all the coruscating vitality of the original. --Niall Ferguson, author of Civilization, Colossus, and The Ascent of Money The definitive World War I account from the German point of view. Margaret Atwood, Entertainment Weekly Storm of Steelis what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. London Evening Standard Extraordinary . . . Michael Hofmann s superlative translation retains all the coruscating vitality of the original. Niall Ferguson, author ofCivilization, Colossus, andThe Ascent of Money Extraordinary... Michael Hofmann s superlative translation retains all the coruscating vitality of the original. Niall Ferguson, author of Colossus Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. Evening Standard Extraordinary... Michael Hofmann's superlative translation retains all the coruscating vitality of the original. --Niall Ferguson, author of Colossus Storm of Steel is what so many books claim to be but are not: a classic account of war. --Evening Standard


Author Information

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).

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