The Twilight World: A Novel by Werner Herzog Paperback Book

Description: The Twilight World by Werner Herzog, Michael Hofmann "A potent, vaporous fever dream; a meditation on truth, lie, illusion, and time that floats like an aromatic haze through Herzogs vivid reconstruction of Onodas war." —The New York Times Book ReviewThe national bestseller by the great filmmaker Werner Herzog. The great filmmaker Werner Herzog, in his first novel, tells the incredible story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who defended a small island in the Philippines for twenty-nine years after the end of World War IIIn 1997, Werner Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His hosts asked him, Whom would you like to meet? He replied instantly: Hiroo Onoda. Onoda was a former soldier famous for having quixotically defended an island in the Philippines for decades after World War II, unaware the fighting was over. Herzog and Onoda developed an instant rapport and met many times, talking and unraveling the story of Onodas long war.At the end of 1944 on Lubang Island, with Japanese troops about to withdraw, Onoda stayed behind under orders from his superior officer. For years, Onoda continued to fight his fictitious war—at first with other soldiers, and then, finally, alone, a character in a novel of his own making.In The Twilight World, Herzog immortalizes and imagines Onodas years of absurd yet epic struggle in an inimitable, hypnotic style—part documentary, part poem, and part dream—that will be instantly recognizable to fans of his films. The result is a novel completely unto itself: a glowing, dancing meditation on the purpose and meaning we give our lives. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Werner Herzog was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He made his first film in 1961 at the age of nineteen. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature and documentary films, including Aguirre, Nosferatu, Fitzcarraldo, Little Dieter Needs to Fly, My Best Fiend, Grizzly Man, Encounters at the End of the World, and Cave of Forgotten Dreams. Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose and directed as many operas. He lives in Munich and Los Angeles. Review One of The New Yorkers Best Books of 2022"[A] potent, vaporous fever dream; a meditation on truth, lie, illusion and time that floats like an aromatic haze through Herzogs vivid reconstruction of Onodas war . . . Hofmanns resonant translation conveys the portentous shimmer of Herzogs voice." —New York Times Book Review "[A] wondrous first novel . . ." —The New Yorker"[A] spare and lyric tale . . . In his feverish search for ecstatic truths, Herzog has given readers a portal into human folly, self-discipline and domination—surely his lifes work." —Washington Post"As profound and thought-provoking as the best of his films, Herzogs The Twilight World delivers as a superb yet painful parable on the fleeting nature of purpose." —San Francisco Chronicle "From the true story of a WWII soldier who kept up the fight until 1974, legendary filmmaker Herzog distills a brooding, poetic novella . . . Herzog, ever in pursuit of deeper truths, sees in Onodas predicament an all-too-ordinary tendency to subordinate facts to master narratives." —Booklist "Theres an element of the romantic as well in Herzogs jungle survival tales, where the universe boils down to individuals wrestling with nature and being shaped by it in turn. . . . This is why Herzog loves the jungle, for its capacity to show us at our most abject and our most inspiring." —The New Republic"Filmmaker Herzog draws on the true story of a Japanese officer who patrolled the Filipino jungle for nearly three decades after WWII, unaware the war had ended, in his fascinating debut novel . . . Onoda shares with the directors filmic protagonists a fierce will and singular perspective. This will whet the readers appetite for a film version." —Publishers Weekly"[A] stunning tale of obsession unto madness by a master of that narrow but fruitful genre . . . Recall director Herzogs film Aguirre, The Wrath of God, (1972) and youll have a key to this story, whose details he calls factually correct—mostly. In Tokyo to stage a production of Chushingura in 1997, Herzog declines an opportunity to speak with the emperor and instead asks to see Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese commando who hid on a Philippine island from 1944 until 1974. Herzog tells Onodas tale from the beginning . . . Herzog fans will hope for a film to come. Meanwhile, this evocation of loyalty to a lost cause serves beautifully." —Kirkus (starred review)"Herzog is internationally acclaimed as a maker of films peopled by obsessive characters struggling in wild, uncontrollable settings. . . . [His] first novel is no different. . . . Through spare language and minimal detail that recall Herzogs screenwriting technique, together with great leaps through time, the novel spans the full 29 years of Onodas remarkable story while keeping the focus on him. . . . A brief but powerful and noteworthy addition to the résumé of a master storyteller; fans of Herzogs films will see the filmmakers cinematic fingerprints all over this absurdist, if absorbing, story." Library Journal"Fans of Herzogs films—filled with obsessive characters, quixotic journeys, and the natural world as antagonist—will by captivated by his first novel . . . Part Aguirre, The Wrath of God, part Apocalypse Now, and part fever dream, Herzogs The Twilight World casts a spell that asks us to consider who we are and what were fighting for." —Elle Details ISBN0593490282 Author Michael Hofmann Pages 144 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Year 2023 Translator Michael Hofmann ISBN-13 9780593490280 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-06-13 Imprint Penguin USA Subtitle A Novel Country of Publication United States Translated from German AU Release Date 2023-06-13 NZ Release Date 2023-06-13 US Release Date 2023-06-13 UK Release Date 2023-06-13 DEWEY B Audience General ISBN-10 0593490282 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:142445148;

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