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Originally published in Germany in 1977, when Junger was eighty-two years old, Eumeswil is the great novel of Junger's creative maturity, a masterp... read full description

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Dec 25, 2011
Henry added it
If everyone is moving, and in the same direction at that--whether right or left, whether up or down--the stationary person is in the way. He is taken as a reproach, and since people collide with him, they brand him as the offender. (30)

Fate challenges him; he responds. The dream, even in an erotic encounter, comes true. But casually, even here; every goal is a transition for him. The bow should snap rather than aiming the arrow at a finite target. (37)

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Sep 04, 2010
Eumeswil rated it: 5 of 5 stars
If Ernst Jünger is my most valued author, Eumeswil is certainly his most important work for me. It is the bible of all Jünger thought and can be read and re-read for literally decades. As one matures, one gets more from this dense compendium of philosophical, historical, mythical, mystical, even spiritual insights. I have been reading it for 15 years now and there is much for me left to learn in it.

In particular, it is essential for understanding the figure of the Anarch.
Apr 08, 2011
Fanny rated it: 4 of 5 stars
Bello ma inquietante. Jünger è un “blade runner” dei simboli e un frequentatore delle profondità dell’animo umano: si spinge là dove si tracciano le distinzioni fondamentali – amico-nemico, uguale-diverso ecc. – e dove si radicano gli istinti, anche quelli più crudeli. Parla di cose che paiono sul punto di sfuggirgli di mano da un momento all’altro – ma questo non accade mai e se la cava sempre con eleganza.
Giocare col fuoco alla lunga stanca.
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