Overview

The first novel from legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog, a hallucinatory tale inspired by the true story of a stranded Japanese soldier in WWII. THE FIRST NOVEL FROM LEGENDARY FILMMAKER WERNER HERZOG 1944- Lubang Island, the Philippines. With Japanese troops about to withdraw, Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda was given orders by his superior officer- Hold the island until the Imperial army's return. You are to defend its territory by guerrilla tactics, at all costs. So began Onoda's long campaign. 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. . .

Full Product Details

9781529116243

Table of Contents

Reviews

A beautiful little novel, with Herzog's slight prose ideally capturing the mind of the lonely Onoda... Nobody else could have written The Twilight World. It is pure Herzog * Sunday Times * The form of The Twilight World...is very cinematic: indeed, it feels like a film unspooling inside Herzog's head as you read * Daily Telegraph * Herzog's writing bristles with the same eerie and uncompromising energy as his films. His jungle pulses with hallucinatory life * Sam Byers, Guardian * (praise for Of Walking In Ice:) Herzog's existential journey through a hostile winter landscape is one of the great modern pilgrimages - a record of physical suffering, of hallucination and ecstatic revelation, of portents and animals, of the wreckage of history and myth. Of Walking in Ice has the eerie power of the best fairytales. It hits you with the force of dreams and leaves you with the taste of snow-filled air -- Helen MacDonald, author H is for Hawk (praise for Of Walking In Ice:) Surely the strangest, strongest walking book I know, it tells the story of a winter pilgrimage, made in desperation and in hope. At once a diary, a blizzard of weather and memories, and the record of a ritual: only Herzog could have written this weird, slender classic -- Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland

(praise for Of Walking In Ice:) Herzog's existential journey through a hostile winter landscape is one of the great modern pilgrimages - a record of physical suffering, of hallucination and ecstatic revelation, of portents and animals, of the wreckage of history and myth. Of Walking in Ice has the eerie power of the best fairytales. It hits you with the force of dreams and leaves you with the taste of snow-filled air -- Helen MacDonald, author H is for Hawk (praise for Of Walking In Ice:) Surely the strangest, strongest walking book I know, it tells the story of a winter pilgrimage, made in desperation and in hope. At once a diary, a blizzard of weather and memories, and the record of a ritual: only Herzog could have written this weird, slender classic -- Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland (Praise for Conquest of the Useless:) Hypnotic... Any book by Mr. Herzog...turns his devotees into cryptographers. It is ever tempting to try to fathom his restless spirit and his determination to challenge fate -- New York Times

(praise for Of Walking In Ice:) Herzog's existential journey through a hostile winter landscape is one of the great modern pilgrimages - a record of physical suffering, of hallucination and ecstatic revelation, of portents and animals, of the wreckage of history and myth. Of Walking in Ice has the eerie power of the best fairytales. It hits you with the force of dreams and leaves you with the taste of snow-filled air -- Helen MacDonald, author H is for Hawk (praise for Of Walking In Ice:) Surely the strangest, strongest walking book I know, it tells the story of a winter pilgrimage, made in desperation and in hope. At once a diary, a blizzard of weather and memories, and the record of a ritual: only Herzog could have written this weird, slender classic -- Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland (Praise for Conquest of the Useless:) Hypnotic... Any book by Mr. Herzog...turns his devotees into cryptographers. It is ever tempting to try to fathom his restless spirit and his determination to challenge fate -- New York Times The form of The Twilight World...is very cinematic: indeed, it feels like a film unspooling inside Herzog's head as you read * Daily Telegraph * A beautiful little novel, with Herzog's slight prose ideally capturing the mind of the lonely Onoda... Nobody else could have written The Twilight World. It is pure Herzog * Sunday Times *

A beautiful little novel, with Herzog's slight prose ideally capturing the mind of the lonely Onoda... Nobody else could have written The Twilight World. It is pure Herzog * Sunday Times * The form of The Twilight World...is very cinematic: indeed, it feels like a film unspooling inside Herzog's head as you read * Daily Telegraph * Herzog's writing bristles with the same eerie and uncompromising energy as his films. His jungle pulses with hallucinatory life * Sam Byers, Guardian * Herzog's skills as a filmmaker and dramatist serve the narrative well... In spare, elegant prose, he analyses how isolation effects Onoda... The Twilight World is an austere book, and a wise one * Literary Review * This is Herzog's debut novel - and it is beautifully crafted, a literary jewel set to sparkle against the backdrop of his monumental career in cinema * i *

Author Information

Werner Herzog has produced, written and directed more than fifty feature and documentary films, including the multi-award-winning Grizzly Man, Aguirre, The Wrath of God, Fitzcarraldo, My Best Fiend, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Nosferatu, Lessons of Darkness, Littler Dieter Needs To Fly, Into the Inferno, Meeting Gorbachev and Encounters At The End of the World. He has also directed many operas and published more than a dozen books of prose including Conquest of the Useless and Of Walking In Ice. The Twilight World is his first book in decades.

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available