Word: jungerã
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...case in point is Ernst Jünger’s On the Marble Cliffs. Junger??s work is purportedly a “resistance story,” recounting the tale of two travelers who encounter, and later flee, a viciously despotic ruler not too different from Hitler himself. In Ryan’s view, however, the gory but gorgeous detail lavished upon the so-called villains of the novel uses the “aestheticization of violence” to glorify barbaric sadism...
Because it takes months for a book to go to press, it is entirely coincidence that Junger??s last chapter, the most recent essay, narrates his time last year with Ahmed Shah Massoud, then the leader of Afghanistan’s rebel Northern Alliance. Last year, when Junger spent a month with Massoud in the mountains of the Afghanistan, Massoud was an unknown in the western world—despite orchestrating some of the most brilliant warfare waged in the 1980s and 1990s and holding off first the Soviet Army and then the Taliban regime for years. Many...
Since Fire came out only days after the attacks, Junger??s book tour has less been about fire, whales or diamonds and more about trying to offer his perspective, having seen first-hand the conflict and turmoil of Afghanistan. “Events now seem so important, so delicate.... Every so often, my publisher has to call and say, ‘Hey, you’re trying to sell this book,’” he explained at a reading for WordsWorth Books last week. As an inquisitive audience grilled him on Afghanistan, his time...
...country whose people could hardly locate Afghanistan on a map a month ago, Junger has important lessons to teach, having written one of the few western accounts published about the current state of the country. If one is familiar with The Perfect Storm and Junger??s other writing, it is easy to see that his books have little to do with the often violent and harrowing situations that he covers: His writing is the story of people and their fight to live their lives, whether it be preserving a centuries-old whaling custom or trying to live amid...
...fire-fighting—that is necessary and therefore heroic. A month ago, that was a lesson worth teaching, but as New York continues to bury its fire-fighters and police officers at a rate of 20 to 25 a day, the country hardly needs reminding now. Nonetheless, Junger??s point is one that always bears repeating. His writing may not fully elucidate the issues of Islam fanactism, the Cold War and other global issues, but it is also important to hear the stories of the people who live those issues on a daily basis. In Fire, Junger...