Kluge Alexander - War Primer - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: A profound exploration of the enduring impact of war in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. War is back again. So begins Alexander Kluge's latest book prompted by a war of aggression that though being waged in Europe is of global importance. Blending simple stories with multimedia and reflecting on human responses and hope the author does not aim to take sides nor make an appeal. Rather he is concerned with what he calls mole war the tenacious and often subterranean survival of war what war makes of people and what life of its own it is capable of. Kluge's book is based on an iconic model the primer and named after a famous one: Bertolt Brecht s. Here we find simple stories underpinned with montages film stills and sequences. The author was ten years old when sitting at his school desk and with his finger on the map he followed German tanks on their journey to Stalingrad. In the time between then and his ninety - first birthday in February 2023, this chronicler of emotions has studied the costumes of war again and again: War is mortal but does not die quickly. How can we respond to its demands?
Title: War Primer
Author(s): Kluge Alexander
Publisher: Seagull Books London Ltd
Barcode: 9781803093956
Pages: 136 Pages, 43 Color Plates
Publication Date: 12/2/2024
Series: The German List
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction