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The English translation of his famous book “Storms of Steel” doesn’t carry the same weight as the original German title “In Stahlgewittern”. (German compound wo
by mif 4y ago
The English translation of his famous book “Storms of Steel” doesn’t carry the same weight as the original German title “In Stahlgewittern”. (German compound words are the best).
Thinking about it it made me realize what a stark contrast that title is compared to “All Quiet on the Western Front” (by Erich Maria Remarque). And both authors talk about the same WW I.
- svara 4y agoI found it fascinating to read those two books back-to-back. Really explained a lot to me about the mindset of people at the time. Importantly, he was an officer, while Remarque describes the experience of a "small man".
- RalfWausE 4y agoAnd more importantly: He (Ernst Jünger) was regarding to his biography a special kind of personality, even before his time in WWI he joined the french foreign legion as a means "to see Africa". So, lets just say he had a bit more life experience than Remarque at the beginning of the war.
- selimthegrim 4y agoUsually translation has the title in singular, no?