VISIT TO GODENHOLM. Together with: THE GLASS BEES.
Stockholm: Edda Publishing, 2015. Limited Edition of 360 copies only. Godenholm: A Mint Premium Cloth Volume in fine dust jacket still in the publisher's origial shrink-wrap. Ernst Junger's dream-like story, "Visit to Godenholm" [1952], takes the reader on a strange journey to an island off an unknown Scandinavian coastline. Visitors to Godenholm are received by the powerful philosopher-magician, Schwarzenberg, and suddenly all concepts of time and space are irrelevant. The visitors have no choice, but to face their inner processes, and individual expectations, in a remarkably potent psychic free zone. The author, Ernst Junger (1895-1998), is one of German literature's strangest. Junger was also a keen entomologist, and created a literary language permeated by references to strange flora and fauna, as well as to various ancient myths and traditions. This work has been translated from the German by Annabel Moynihan, and a new introduction by Junger scholar, Elliot Neaman, has been added. The beautiful and luminous illustrations are by Swedish artist, Fredrik Soderberg. Octavo. The Glass Bees: New York: NYRB, 2000. Quality trade paper editioon; A FINE COPY. Introduction by Bruce Sterling. Traslated from the German. [xii], 209 pages. Octavo. Retail: $179.00 plus post. - Special Sale Price. Item #17496
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