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    Storm of Steel

    Author Ernst Junger
    Introduction by Michael Hofmann
    Translated by Michael Hofmann
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    On sale May 04, 2004 | 320 Pages | 9780142437902
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    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.
    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

    • WINNER
      Oxford Weidenfeld Prize
    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). View titles by Ernst Junger

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    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.

    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

    Awards

    • WINNER
      Oxford Weidenfeld Prize

    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). View titles by Ernst Junger

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