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Sgraffiti
Aparecido en 1960, Esgrafiados supone la vuelta del escritor alemán a la colección de fragmentos, escenas, observaciones y apuntes breves que ya había cultivado en El corazón aventurero. Uniendo razón e intuición, análisis minuciosos y esas fulgurantes visiones unificadoras que hacen de él un autor inimitable, Jünger reflexiona sobre los rasgos que la técnica, el movimiento y la velocidad confieren a nuestra época, y sobre el peligroso olvido de la naturaleza; también aparecen insólitas perspectivas acerca de autores y personajes históricos, meditaciones sobre el valor simbólico de las etimologías o los rasgos de la vida contemporánea y la espesura de relaciones y correspondencias en que nos hallamos inmersos. La cuidadísima traducción de Isabel Hernández logra reflejar fielmente la transparente precisión del estilo de Jünger.A su vez, escrita en 1930, Carta siciliana al hombre de la luna exhibe resonancias claramente nietzscheanas, no sólo por la exaltación poética de su lenguaje sino por el tono visionario y el enigma filosófico que nos plantea.
189 pages, Hardcover
First published January 18, 1995
About the author
Ernst Jünger
230 books957 followersErnst Jünger was a decorated German soldier and author who became famous for his World War I memoir Storm of Steel. The son of a successful businessman and chemist, Jünger rebelled against an affluent upbringing and sought adventure in the Wandervogel, before running away to briefly serve in the French Foreign Legion, an illegal act. Because he escaped prosecution in Germany due to his father's efforts, Junger was able to enlist on the outbreak of war. A fearless leader who admired bravery above all else, he enthusiastically participated in actions in which his units were sometimes virtually annihilated. During an ill-fated German offensive in 1918 Junger's WW1 career ended with the last and most serious of his many woundings, and he was awarded the Pour le Mérite, a rare decoration for one of his rank.
Junger served in World War II as captain in the German Army. Assigned to an administrative position in Paris, he socialized with prominent artists of the day such as Picasso and Jean Cocteau. His early time in France is described in his diary Gärten und Straßen (1942, Gardens and Streets). He was also in charge of executing younger German soldiers who had deserted. In his book Un Allemand à Paris , the writer Gerhard Heller states that he had been interested in learning how a person reacts to death under such circumstances and had a morbid fascination for the subject.
Jünger appears on the fringes of the Stauffenberg bomb plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler (July 20, 1944). He was clearly an inspiration to anti-Nazi conservatives in the German Army, and while in Paris he was close to the old, mostly Prussian, officers who carried out the assassination attempt against Hitler. He was only peripherally involved in the events however, and in the aftermath suffered only dismissal from the army in the summer of 1944, rather than execution.
In the aftermath of WW2 he was treated with some suspicion as a closet Nazi. By the latter stages of the Cold War his unorthodox writings about the impact of materialism in modern society were widely seen as conservative rather than radical nationalist, and his philosophical works came to be highly regarded in mainstream German circles. Junger ended his extremely long life as a honoured establishment figure, although critics continued to charge him with the glorification of war as a transcending experience.
Junger served in World War II as captain in the German Army. Assigned to an administrative position in Paris, he socialized with prominent artists of the day such as Picasso and Jean Cocteau. His early time in France is described in his diary Gärten und Straßen (1942, Gardens and Streets). He was also in charge of executing younger German soldiers who had deserted. In his book Un Allemand à Paris , the writer Gerhard Heller states that he had been interested in learning how a person reacts to death under such circumstances and had a morbid fascination for the subject.
Jünger appears on the fringes of the Stauffenberg bomb plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler (July 20, 1944). He was clearly an inspiration to anti-Nazi conservatives in the German Army, and while in Paris he was close to the old, mostly Prussian, officers who carried out the assassination attempt against Hitler. He was only peripherally involved in the events however, and in the aftermath suffered only dismissal from the army in the summer of 1944, rather than execution.
In the aftermath of WW2 he was treated with some suspicion as a closet Nazi. By the latter stages of the Cold War his unorthodox writings about the impact of materialism in modern society were widely seen as conservative rather than radical nationalist, and his philosophical works came to be highly regarded in mainstream German circles. Junger ended his extremely long life as a honoured establishment figure, although critics continued to charge him with the glorification of war as a transcending experience.
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August 28, 2024
De lo mejor que he leído este año y probablemente de mi vida. Va a ser uno de mis libros de cabecera 🙂🛏️
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February 17, 2021Carta siciliana al hombre en la luna es el primer texto que leo de Jünger en el que se podría notar algo de "prisa", "efectismo". Tenía 35 años cuando lo escribió tal vez sea por eso, su nihilismo y violencia me desconcertó un poco. Aun así se nota el enojo por la tecnificación y lo que ya previa, el olvido espiritual.
Esgrafiados un texto maduro igual de desconcertante pero sin añadidos. Retoma sus textos crípticos y evocadores.
Mantrana
Una Alhambra de epigramas: trabajo de mosaicos, en el que un trocito completa los otros. Cuando es destruido, las piedrecitas adquieren el carácter de joyas. Los Bárbaros las levan como talismanes. Fragmentos de Heráclito.
Mosaico
Antes de toda nueva rama haz brotar una nueva raíz.
Engendrar significa multiplicar; se esparcen miriadas de embriones, de espermas, de individuos. Morir significa dividir; al fin y al cabo también el universo se reduce a uno, a lo suyo
Talismanes, amuletos, ¿Qué son?
No esperes de un extraño salvación
- Friedrich Georg Jünger
Esgrafiados un texto maduro igual de desconcertante pero sin añadidos. Retoma sus textos crípticos y evocadores.
Mantrana
Una Alhambra de epigramas: trabajo de mosaicos, en el que un trocito completa los otros. Cuando es destruido, las piedrecitas adquieren el carácter de joyas. Los Bárbaros las levan como talismanes. Fragmentos de Heráclito.
Mosaico
Antes de toda nueva rama haz brotar una nueva raíz.
Engendrar significa multiplicar; se esparcen miriadas de embriones, de espermas, de individuos. Morir significa dividir; al fin y al cabo también el universo se reduce a uno, a lo suyo
Talismanes, amuletos, ¿Qué son?
No esperes de un extraño salvación
- Friedrich Georg Jünger
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