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Originally published in Germany in 1977, when Junger was eighty-two years old, Eumeswil is the great novel of Junger's creative maturity, a masterpiece by a central figure in modern German literature. Eumeswil is a utopian state ruled by the Condor, a general who has installed himself as a dictator and who dominates the capital from a guarded citadel atop a hill - the Casbah. A refined manipulator of power, the Condor despises the democrats who conspire against him. Venator, the narrator of the novel, is a historian whose discreet and efficient services as the Condor's night steward earn him full access to the forbidden zone, at the very heart of power. Every evening, while attending to the Condor and his guests at the Casbah's night bar, Venator keeps a secret journal in which he records the conversations he overhears, delineating the diverse personalities in the Condor's entourage while sketching out an analysis of the different aspects of the psychology of power. Venator's days are spent building a hidden refuge in the mountains, a hermetic retreat where he hopes one day to realize his dreams of utter self-sufficiency. In the meantime, however, he continues to pursue his career as a historian, using the magnificent tool that has been placed at his disposal - the "luminar", a holographic instrument that can summon up any figure or event in human history. Venator, in a word, embodies Junger's ideal of the "anarch" - a heroic figure whose radical skepticism and individualism are not to be confused with mere anarchism. Around the opposite figures of the dictator and the anarch, Junger weaves a hallucinatory and poetic rumination on the nature of history and on the mainsprings of political power. At once tale, essay and philosophical poem, Eumeswil offers a desolate and lucid assessment of totalitarianism by an author who witnessed its horrors firsthand.
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Eumeswil (The Eridanos Library)
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Marsilio Pub, 1994
ISBN 10: 0941419975
ISBN 13: 9780941419970
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Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Condizione: FINE. Condizione sovraccoperta: FINE. First Edition. 384pp. + colophon. 12mo, Burgundy paper-over-board hard covers, white spine lettering. Entirely clean and sharp in crisp, clean dust jacket, now wrapped in mylar. First English edition, now out of print in and increasingly scarce in hardcover. ' Originally published in Germany in 1977, when Junger was eighty-two years old, Eumeswil is the great novel of Junger's creative maturity, a masterpiece by a central figure in modern German literature. Eumeswil is a utopian state ruled by the Condor, a general who has installed himself as a dictator and who dominates the capital from a guarded citadel atop a hill - the Casbah. A refined manipulator of power, the Condor despises the democrats who conspire against him. Venator, the narrator of the novel, is a historian whose discreet and efficient services as the Condor's night steward earn him full access to the forbidden zone, at the very heart of power. Every evening, while attending to the Condor and his guests at the Casbah's night bar, Venator keeps a secret journal in which he records the conversations he overhears, delineating the diverse personalities in the Condor's entourage while sketching out an analysis of the different aspects of the psychology of power. Venator's days are spent building a hidden refuge in the mountains, a hermetic retreat where he hopes one day to realize his dreams of utter self-sufficiency. In the meantime, however, he continues to pursue his career as a historian, using the magnificent tool that has been placed at his disposal - the 'luminar', a holographic instrument that can summon up any figure or event in human history. Venator, in a word, embodies Junger's ideal of the 'anarch' - a heroic figure whose radical skepticism and individualism are not to be confused with mere anarchism. Around the opposite figures of the dictator and the anarch, Junger weaves a hallucinatory and poetic rumination on the nature of history and on the mainsprings of political power. At once tale, essay and philosophical poem, Eumeswil offers a desolate and lucid assessment of totalitarianism by an author who witnessed its horrors firsthand.' (From the DJ flap). Codice articolo 503424
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Eumeswil (The Eridanos Library)
Da: Grey Matter Books, Hadley, MA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. First edition of the English translation. Text is unmarked; pages are bright, though the page edges are age toned, especially the top edge of the pages. Binding is sturdy. The dust jacket spine is faded, and the rest of the dust jacket is age toned around the edges. Codice articolo 069701
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Eumeswil
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Marsilio Publishers, New York, 1993
ISBN 10: 0941419975
ISBN 13: 9780941419970
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Hardback. Condizione: As new. Condizione sovraccoperta: As new. First edition in English. First edition in English. The Eridanos Library series. 8vo. 384pp. Maroon paper-covered boards, stamped in cream-white to spine. Jacket design by Louise Fili, featuring a detail of Max Ernst's 1935-36 painting, The Entire City (Kunsthaus Zürich). Scarce, especially in mint condition. Translated from the German by Joachim Neugroschel. Originally published by Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, in 1977, Eumeswil is the great novel of Jünger's creative maturity, a dystopian fantasy set in a citadel-stronghold of the future and narrated by a young historian and servant of the ruling tyrant. At once tale, essay and philosophical poem, it offers a desolate and lucid assessment of totalitarianism by an author who witnessed its horrors first-hand. During his centenarian lifetime, Jünger was awarded the Iron Cross I. Class, Pour le Mérite, Grand Merit Cross, Schiller Memorial Prize, Goethe Prize, and the Maximillian Order, among many military and literary distinctions. "[A] brilliant novel of ideas that explores the corruption of power and conformism." -Adam Johnson, author of The Orphan Master's Son and 2013 Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. 583. Codice articolo YYL 3UY
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Eumeswil
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ISBN 10: 0941419975
ISBN 13: 9780941419970
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Hard Cover. Condizione: Good +. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good +. First Edition. Originally published in1977, translated from German by Joachim Neugroschel, jacket is rubbed with finger smudges and a price sticker on the front, corners and spine ends are dented with some small tears, also slight discolouring on edges, hard cover has lightly dented corners and spine ends, spine has light crease from top to bottom, foreedge is lightly tanned, flep has price in pencil, inside is lightly tanned. 3 R's Used Books and Hannelore Headley Old & Fine Books, Inc. are committed to saving the trees one leaf at the time! Codice articolo 015184
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Eumeswil (The Eridanos Library) (First Edition)
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Marsilio / Eridanos, New York, 1994
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ISBN 13: 9780941419970
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Da: Dan Pope Books, West Hartford, CT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. New York, Marsillio, Eridanos Library, 1994. First edition. First printing. Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on back jacket cover ($29.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. A novel, translated from the German by Joachim Neugroschel. This is the first edition in English. 8vo. 384pp. Maroon paper-covered boards, stamped in cream-white to spine. Jacket design by Louise Fili, featuring a detail of Max Ernst's 1935-36 painting, The Entire City (Kunsthaus Zürich). Scarce, especially in outstanding condition. Originally published by Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart, in 1977, Eumeswil is the great novel of Jünger's creative maturity, a dystopian fantasy set in a citadel-stronghold of the future and narrated by a young historian and servant of the ruling tyrant. Codice articolo Fiction-Junger-1
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Eumeswil (The Eridanos Library)
Da: Toscana Books, AUSTIN, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condizione: new. Excellent Condition.Excels in customer satisfaction, prompt replies, and quality checks. Codice articolo Scanned0941419975
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