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, JA1/4nger exulted in the Great War, which he saw not just as a great national conflict butamore importantlyaas a unique personal struggle. Leading raiding parties, defending trenches against murderous British incursions, simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart, JA1/4nger kept testing himself, braced for the death that will mark his failure.
Published shortly after the waras end, "Storm of Steel" was a worldwide bestseller and can now be rediscovered through Michael Hofmannas brilliant new translation.
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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, JA1/4nger exulted in the Great War, which he saw not just as a great national conflict butamore importantlyaas a unique personal struggle. Leading raiding parties, defending trenches against murderous British incursions, simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart, JA1/4nger kept testing himself, braced for the death that will mark his failure.
Published shortly after the waras end, "Storm of Steel" was a worldwide bestseller and can now be rediscovered through Michael Hofmannas brilliant new translation.
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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.
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Awards
Winner of Oxford Weidenfeld Prize.
Critic Reviews
“"The definitive World War I account from the German point of view." -- Margaret Atwood,”
“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
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).
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