Sturm
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (717 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0914386549 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Ernst Junger is no doubt an excellent writer and his stories that were taken from his Ernst Junger is no doubt an excellent writer and his stories that were taken from his personal accounts in WWI are outstanding. Unfortunately this really was nothing more than a short story. The intro by various self important writers takes up more space in the book than the actual story does. If you are looking for a book on WWI combat, look elsewhere because unfortunately when much of the content of the sto. Ernst Junger short novella on trench warfare William C. Mcdaniel Interesting novella on WW1 officer in combat. It's no Storm of Steel, but if you liked it you like this, perhaps not love it. Clearly relates Jungers experience in fiction.. "Four Stars" according to William L. Robinson. Junger's "short story" was awesome (in translation). The introduction, while informative, is long winded.
This translation—the first to be published in English—brings to the English-speaking world a work of literature of interest not only to students of Jünger's work and of World War I, but to any reader in search of a powerful story of war and its effects on the lives of the men who endure it.. A highly cultivated man and an acute observer of his era, the eponymous Lieutenant Sturm entertains his friends during lulls in the action with readings from his literary sketches. Set in 1916 in the days before the Somme offensive, Ernst J