{"product_id":"the-storm-of-steel","title":"The Storm of Steel","description":"\u003csection aria-labelledby=\"storm-of-steel-overview\"\u003e\u003ch2 id=\"storm-of-steel-overview\"\u003eAbout Storm of Steel\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErnst Jünger’s nonfiction account describes his experience as a German soldier during the First World War. Trench fighting, raids, and bombardments form the setting for a memoir whose attention to danger and endurance coexists with an unsettling fascination with battle. Michael Hofmann translated the listed Penguin Classics edition and provides its introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWitness, Distance, and the Language of War\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can examine how Jünger’s voice shapes the relationship between description and judgment. Consider what the memoir makes vivid, what it leaves at a distance, and how your own response changes as the narrator moves between physical danger and reflection. Its perspective offers a basis for comparing accounts written from different sides of the same conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eQuestions for Book Club Readers\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow does the narrative invite or resist sympathy with its author? Where do admiration for endurance and recognition of suffering come into tension? What responsibilities does a reader bring to a firsthand account of war? Attend to the language of particular passages when discussing those questions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/book-club\/book-club-reading-guide-storm-of-steel\"\u003eRead the Storm of Steel Book Club reading guide\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/section\u003e\u003c!-- Book context: Storm of Steel; Ernst Jünger; nonfiction war memoir; First World War; German soldier; Michael Hofmann, translator and introduction; listed Penguin Classics paperback ISBN 9780143108252, May 31, 2016, 320 pages. --\u003e","brand":"Ernst Junger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47669784543394,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/9200\/1186\/files\/Storm_of_Steel_-_Cover.jpg?v=1789690101","url":"https:\/\/elliotackerman.net\/products\/the-storm-of-steel","provider":"Elliot Ackerman","version":"1.0","type":"link"}