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On the Marble Cliffs (German: Auf den Marmorklippen) is a novella by Ernst Jünger published in 1939 describing the upheaval and ruin of a serene agricultural society. It was published that year by Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt in Hamburg, Germany.
- Ernst Jünger
- 1939
Feb 3, 2023 · ON THE MARBLE CLIFFS. Translated by Tess Lewis. 144pp. NYRB Classics. Paperback, $14.95. Ernst Jünger. With Europe facing a resurgence of neo-fascism, the publication of a fresh English translation of Ernst Jünger’s fictional masterpiece On the Marble Cliffs ( Auf den Marmorklippen) feels timely.
The narrator and protagonist lives on the marble cliffs as a botanist with his brother Otho, his son Erio from a past relationship and Erio's grandmother Lampusa. The idyllic life is threatened by the erosion of values and traditions, losing its inner power.
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Jan 7, 2023 · First published in 1939, On The Marble Cliffs is a short but poignant novel that succeeds as an allegory on the rise of fascism. The book does not hammer home its anti-authoritarian message: it requires thoughtful and patient reading.
On the Marble Cliffs, Ernst Jünger. NYRB, January 2023. Now in a new translation, an imaginative, darkly radiant fable about a pair of brothers, formerly warriors, whose idyll is shattered by an encroaching fascistic force.
Apr 8, 2022 · ‘On The Marble Cliffs’ suggests the author writing about not just the horrors of war but also the violence and narrow thinking of political movements operating in Europe from the start of the century up to and into WWII.
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Sep 10, 2019 · On the Marble Cliffs is an allegory of the times when evils overpowers good… Happiness, joy and peace are all around so life is a real idyll… Man exits in a harmony with nature and cosmos…
