{"product_id":"modern-classics-storm-of-steel","title":"Modern Classics Storm of Steel","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"summary-link\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-spin-nested-loading\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-spin-container\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"summary\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs ant-tabs-top ant-tabs-small ant-tabs-card itemTabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content-holder\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content ant-tabs-content-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"ant-tabs-tabpane ant-tabs-tabpane-active\" id=\"rc-tabs-0-panel-description\" aria-labelledby=\"rc-tabs-0-tab-description\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"html htmlcolor bm-lnkin-0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs ant-tabs-top ant-tabs-small ant-tabs-card itemTabs\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content-holder\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ant-tabs-content ant-tabs-content-top\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv role=\"tabpanel\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"ant-tabs-tabpane ant-tabs-tabpane-active\" id=\"rc-tabs-0-panel-description\" aria-labelledby=\"rc-tabs-0-tab-description\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"html htmlcolor bm-lnkin-0\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePresenting the desperate conflict of the First World War through the eyes of an ordinary German soldier, Ernst Jünger's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStorm of Steel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is translated by Michael Hofmann in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'As though walking through a deep dream, I saw steel helmets approaching through the craters. They seemed to sprout from the fire-harrowed soil like some iron harvest.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA memoir of astonishing power, savagery and ashen lyricism, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStorm of Steel\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003edepicts Ernst Jünger's experience of combat on the front line - leading raiding parties, defending trenches against murderous British incursions, and simply enduring as shells tore his comrades apart. One of the greatest books to emerge from the catastrophe of the First World War, it illuminates like no other book not only the horrors but also the fascination of a war that made men keep fighting for four long years.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eErnst Jünger (1895-1998) the son of a wealthy chemist, ran away from home to join the Foreign Legion. His father dragged him back, but he returned to military service when he joined the German army on the outbreak of the First World War. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStorm of Steel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eStahlgewittern\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) was Jünger's first book, published in 1920. Greatly admired by the Nazis, Jünger remained at a distance from the regime, with books such as his allegorical work \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the Marble Cliffs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1939) functioning as a covert criticism of Nazi ideology and methods.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"display: none;\"\u003e007 8007 98007 398007\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Batner Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44186403536984,"sku":"9780141186917","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/7564\/3992\/files\/91kx5GCt53L._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1780613114","url":"https:\/\/batnerbookstore.com\/products\/modern-classics-storm-of-steel","provider":"Batner Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}