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On the Marble Cliffs
Two botanists living in a hermitage on a marble cliff find their way of life threatened by the murderous Foresters of the Campagne.
Paperback, 116 pages
Published
July 3rd 1984
by Penguin Books
(first published 1939)
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Como siempre, al final del verano llegó lo mejor. Una novela corta pero intensa, de estilo “novela alegórica“, que en cierta forma son precursoras de las novelas de fantasía y ciencia-ficción.
Cuenta la historia de dos hermanos ex soldados que se retiran a dedicarse a una vida contemplativa y de estudio, pero la guerra vuelve y ellos permanecen al margen. Como meros espectadores van narrando lo que ocurre a su alrededor, y que no es más que una metáfora de lo que estaba ocurriendo en Alemania con...more
Cuenta la historia de dos hermanos ex soldados que se retiran a dedicarse a una vida contemplativa y de estudio, pero la guerra vuelve y ellos permanecen al margen. Como meros espectadores van narrando lo que ocurre a su alrededor, y que no es más que una metáfora de lo que estaba ocurriendo en Alemania con...more
I give this book four stars, but with hesitation. I was leaning towards three, but I found the horticultural descriptions and environmental phenomenology mesmerizing. The writing is a very ornamental prose (should I thank the translator?), which is enjoyable, though eventually tedious after 100 pages. This aside, I found the subject matter of the book somewhat troublesome. The jacket says that Jünger first had the book published in Germany in 1939. This puzzles me, because I thought that he had...more
Jul 14, 2012
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Ich fasse sowas nicht ohne Bedenken an, man ist ja informiert. Aber ich muss sagen: das hier ist ein sehr faszinierendes Stück deutscher Literatur. Die Sprachmacht ist brutal, das Szenario fatal. Obwohl man es als Anti-Hitler-Roman lesen kann, bleibt es natürlich der elitistischen Weltsicht Jüngers verpflichtet. Aber welchen Furor die Nazibande angefacht hat, das zieht sich durch das ganze Buch und findet sprachlichen Ausdruck. Wobei dieser durchaus seiner Zeit verpflichtet bleibt: man huldigte...more
Está muy bien eso de escribir relatos míticos y simbólicos, donde se oculta a la vista lo que significa cada elemento y personaje. 'Sobre los acantilados de mármol' es uno de estos casos, un clásico publicado en 1939 que es todo un alegato contra la barbarie que estaba por venir. Y ésto es lo único que me ha gustado de la novela, la denuncia de todos esos miserables que se ocultan tras un uniforme o una bandera para aplastar a todo aquél que no comparta su manera de pensar.
Porque una cosa es el...more
Porque una cosa es el...more
Many readers would dismiss Junger purely because he was a Nazi and officer in the German Abwher. Just like Knut Hamsun, his presence in the world of literature will not go away despite a segment of the population's dislike for the author’s political sympathies and a campaign by some to create an Orwellian newspeek that would erase his existence. Junger's ability is to create worlds peopled with characters that are merely observers or confine themselves to ivory towers in a world filled with terr...more
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Political fable written by an extreme right-winger and published in 1939. The story deals with two brothers, based on Juenger and his brother who come into opposition to the evil Chief Ranger whose forces have come to dominate the dark forests above the civilised and settled lands.
Interesting.
Interesting.
"Человеческий порядок подобен космосу в том, что время от времени он, чтобы возродиться по-новому, должен погружаться в огонь."
Nogal cryptische beschrijving, imaginaire omgeving die gebukt gaat onder dreigend gevaar. Knap geschreven, maar niet meteen mijn stijl.
Keista misterija, pilna augalų, gyvačių, ugnies ir kraujo.
Čia patalpinta Jungerio biografija, kuri daro įspūdį ne mažesnį negu romanas:
http://lorka.puikiai.lt/paseles-pasau...
Čia patalpinta Jungerio biografija, kuri daro įspūdį ne mažesnį negu romanas:
http://lorka.puikiai.lt/paseles-pasau...
Thinly-veiled but ballsy allegory from former fascist golden boy. Interesting by merit of being his break with the up-and-coming Nazis; not so much for the literary subtlety. An interesting distraction.
It took me a while to get into, for some reason, but when I did, I really could not put it down. It's quite beautiful and romantic in a sad way.
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German writer. In addition to his many novels, he is well known for Storm of Steel, an account of his experience during the First World War.
Many regard him as one of Germany's greatest modern writers and a hero of the conservative revolutionary movement following World War I. Others dismiss him as a militarist or reactionary.
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Many regard him as one of Germany's greatest modern writers and a hero of the conservative revolutionary movement following World War I. Others dismiss him as a militarist or reactionary.
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Jan 11, 2012 02:48pm