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Ernst Jünger - A Portrait Paperback – September 24, 2014

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Ernst Jünger - A Portrait is a book about Ernst Jünger (1895-1998), Germany's greatest author since Goethe. This is a popular Jünger biography for the English speaking world, a personal portrait painted by an avid Jünger reader. The book starts out with a thorough biography of Jünger's life. Then the author examines the controversial aspects of the man, and discusses Jünger's role as an outsider, mentioning the reception of his works in the modern post-war era.

After examining Jünger's books on war, the author proceeds to describe Jünger's other literary works such as The Adventurous Heart, On the Marble Cliffs, Heliopolis, and Eumeswil. Moreover, there are chapters on Jünger's perception of art, history, and philosophy. There are also sections on Jünger as a Science Fiction author, and comparisons between Jünger and other authors, both dead and living.

In the introduction to Ernst Jünger - A Portrait the author states that:

"My aim in this study has been to look at what Jünger represents rather than at what he is, in this respect striving to highlight the fruitful aspects of his work, the neglected sides such as the esotericism and the idealism, the vitalism and the life-affirming traits. At the same time I don't deny that Jünger in the 20s was a radical nationalist dealing with fire; I have chapters covering that too. Wishing to write a book that's simple and hands-on I sport "simple but not facile" as my ideal."

About the Author: Born in the north of Sweden in 1965, Lennart Svensson took a BA in Indology in Uppsala 1998. While working as a freelance writer he published the novels Antropolis and Camouflage. Ernst Jünger - A Portrait is his debut in English.

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Born in the north of Sweden in 1965, Lennart Svensson took a BA in Indology in Uppsala 1998. His debut came in 2007 with the Swedish short story collection "Eld och rörelse" (= "Fire and Movement"). Since then he has published the novels "Antropolis" and "Camouflage" (also in Swedish). "Ernst Jünger -- A portrait" is his debut in English.

Paperback: 290 pages
Publisher: Manticore Press (September 24, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0987559877
ISBN-13: 978-0987559876
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.6 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 5 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,789,874 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #9303 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Political
- #10212 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Authors
- #14793 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Leaders & Notable People > Military

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May 26, 2016

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There are some good books about Ernst Junger, the author of "Storms of Steel," the definitive account of the First World War, and there are some bad ones. Svennson's book can be plotted probably somewhere in the middle of the spectrum. There is some good information in this book. The problem is that it is lost in a deluge of typos and mistranslated words and concepts. Svennson's first language is neither German nor English, and since most of the texts he grapples with are in either language or both, his efforts are undercut by a weak grasp of Junger's works, in their original form or in translation. Another quibble of mine is that the chapters appear to be of arbitrary length. Svensson can spend one page talking about something that anyone interested in Junger would probably wish for a lot of expounding upon. And then in the next chapter Svensson can squander pages talking about something that is only tangential to Junger's thought and writings. Lastly, while some books suffer from being too dry and scholarly, this book was a bit too informal and loose in its writing style. A phrase like IRL (In Real Life) is perfect for a texting session between two teenage girls, but it doesn't have any place, in my opinion, in a published work about one of the most misunderstood and contentious literary figures of the twentieth century.

Nevertheless, I'll give this book a tepid, qualified recommendation, just based on the fact that it is easy to tell from the book that Svennson has a deep love for Junger, as well an uncommon understanding of the man and his writing. He just has a problem conveying this love and understanding to his readers in a coherent (well-edited and proofread) form.

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Art Booklover

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May 31, 2016

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The fullest biography available in English. Mildly critical.

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HJ-Marseilles

About as good a biography you could hope for

April 20, 2016

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About as good a biography you could hope for. There are some odd formatting decisions and a healthy amount of typos that detract a little from the book, but overall this is a very well done and uncolored biography. Excellent aesthetic design as well. A must read for any Junger fan.

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James L. Deters

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March 5, 2015

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A must-read for fans of Junger.

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Navigator

Not a portrait, more like a snapshot

October 4, 2018

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Currently there are no first-rate English-language biographies of Ernst Jünger, and that still stands. This book isn't even third-rate. It reads like a Wikipedia article, which was probably the author's primary resource. There is NOTHING about Ernst Jünger in this book that you can't easily find on the Internet, plus the fact that the author's writing style can most charitably described as "stilted". A big disappointment.

Thanks again to Amazon for their liberal return policy. I put it to good use here.

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