Reading swiftly through On the Marble Cliffs one might be forgiven for judging these passages as a critique of National Socialism. Yet on a slower reading one might discover Junger’s more personal remarks embedded within, “(w)e were right, therefore, to keep clear of affairs in which no honor was to be won, and to return peacefully to Marina; there by the sunny bank we would devote ourselves to /5(14). · On the Marble Cliffs is an allegorical tale of two brothers living on an island who witness and are involved in a battle between islanders and forces allied with a character called the Chief Ranger. The book has a dream-like quality, which seems to be fitting since Jünger stated the idea for the story came to him in a www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 9 mins. On the marble cliffs a novel by Ernst Jünger. 0 Ratings 2 Want to read; 1 Currently reading; 0 Have read; This edition was published in by New Directions in [Norfolk, Conn.]. Written in English — pages This edition doesn't have a description yet. Can you add one Pages:
The fall of saw the publication of Ernst Junger's "On the Marble Cliffs" by German soldier turned philosopher Ernst Junger, a novella he finished just a fortnight before the start of World War II. Junger, famous in his native Germany (considered an equal to Goethe by some) and greater Europe is lesser known in the English-speaking. On the Marble Cliffs. A Novel Translated by Stuart HoodThe Fascist TemptationGerman Writings Before and After E. Junger, W. Koeppen, I. Keun, A. Lernet-Holenia, G. Von RezThe Glass BeesAnywhere out of. BLOG on Goethe-Prize winning German author ERNST JÜNGER. English, Italiano, Deutsch. Primary focus is on the ANARCH figure from novel Eumeswil.
On the Marble Cliffs (Auf den Marmorklippen) is a novella by Ernst Jünger published in describing the upheaval and ruin of a serene agricultural society. The peaceful and traditional people, located on the shores of a large bay, are surrounded by the rough pastoral folk in the surrounding hills, who feel increasing pressure from the unscrupulous and lowly followers of the dreaded head forester. On the Marble Cliffs as a novel may have led a somewhat obscure existence from its inception but there’s a renewed interest for it these days, as in all of Jünger’s oeuvre. There’s something timeless in its message of learning to see a wonder in every flower and an optimate in every fellow human being, as brother Otho puts it once. This little book – On the Marble Cliffs, in English –, forgotten in the same way which its author is neglected by the intelligentsia, tells us more about our own times – which are also times of crisis – than several of the “scientific” works that are widespread today, and which denounce a supposedly evident return of fascism. In this jüngerian tale, the despotic figure of the tyrant appears in its most violent essence, as the result of a cosmological disorder that hits society.
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