Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger

Storm of Steel

Ernst Junger, Michael Hofmann, Ernst Jünger

Penguin Publishing Group · Print & ebook · May 4, 2004

A History pick for readers exploring Storm of Steel.

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Genres
World War I History, Personal Memoirs, Military Lives
Published
Penguin Publishing Group, May 4, 2004

About this book

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.

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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.

Hard-Nosed Read

Come here for

  • Book-club friction, not polite consensus
  • A hard-edged war reading experience

Expect

  • Steel-willed narration
  • A history pick adjacent to Storm of Steel

Where it sits

World War I History78%
Personal Memoirs53%
Military Lives50%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Military Lives
  • Personal Memoirs
  • World War I History
Authors
Ernst Junger, Michael Hofmann, Ernst Jünger
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
Published
May 4, 2004
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Military Lives