A memoir of astonishing power, savagery, and ashen lyricism,
Storm of Steel illuminates not only the horrors but also the fascination of
total war as seen through the eyes of an ordinary Ferman soldier. Young, tough, patriotic but also disturbingly
self-aware, Junger exulted in the war, which he saw not just as a great
national conflict but-more importantly- as a unique personal struggle. Leading raiding parties, defending trenches
against murderous British incursions, simply enduring as shells tore his
comrades apart, Junger keeps testing himself, braced for the death.
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from what point of view is the book. it sounds like a good a book I will have to read it after I am done my other book.
ReplyDeleteThis book is written in 1st person but you would have to ask the teacher if you can read the book after I'm done because its his book.
ReplyDeleteI love this book, I find that Junger's writing has a lot of cliff hangers to keep a reader hooked. I also enjoy the way the book jumps around the character doesn't just stay in one place he is always moving place to place throughout the war. The emotions that are expressed through the characters are simply amazing the way he describes the way he feels about the war and his first real taste of death and how that effects him afterwards.
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