The Twilight World
Discover the first novel from the iconic filmmaker Werner Herzog
(Sprache: Englisch)
'A potent, vaporous fever dream; a meditation on truth, lies, illusion and time' NEW YORK TIMES
In his first novel, the great filmmaker, Werner Herzog, tells the incredible story of a Japanese soldier who defended a small island for twenty-nine...
In his first novel, the great filmmaker, Werner Herzog, tells the incredible story of a Japanese soldier who defended a small island for twenty-nine...
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'A potent, vaporous fever dream; a meditation on truth, lies, illusion and time' NEW YORK TIMESIn his first novel, the great filmmaker, Werner Herzog, tells the incredible story of a Japanese soldier who defended a small island for twenty-nine years after the end of World War II.
Hold the island until the Imperial army's return. You are to defend its territory by guerrilla tactics, at all costs... There is only one rule: you are forbidden to die by your own hand. In the event of your capture by the enemy, you are to give them all the misleading information you can.
In 1944, on Lubang Island in the Philippines, with Japanese troops about to withdraw, Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda was given orders by his superior officer. So began Onoda's long campaign, during which he became fluent in the hidden language of the jungle. Soon weeks turned into months, months into years, and years into decades - until eventually time itself seemed to melt away. All the while Onoda continued to fight his fictitious war, at once surreal and tragic, at first with other soldiers, and then, finally, alone, a character in a novel of his own making.
'Herzog's writing bristles with the same eerie and uncompromising energy as his films. His jungle pulses with hallucinatory life' Guardian
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Werner Herzog
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- Autor: Werner Herzog
- 2022, 144 Seiten, Maße: 13,4 x 20,1 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Übersetzer: Michael Hofmann
- Verlag: Bodley Head
- ISBN-10: 1847927238
- ISBN-13: 9781847927231
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.08.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
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Beautiful... Nobody else could have written The Twilight World. It is pure Herzog Sunday Times
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