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The Twilight World
A Novel
Buch von Werner Herzog
Sprache: Englisch
Originalsprache: Deutsch

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Werner Herzog, one of the most revered filmmakers of all time, in his first book in many years, tells the story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who continued to defend a small island in the Philippines for twenty-nine years after the end of World War Two

In 1997, Werner Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His hosts there asked, whom would you like to meet? He replied instantly: Hiroo Onoda. Onoda was a former solider famous for having quixotically defended an island in the Philippines for decades after World War II, unaware the war was over. At their meeting, Herzog and Onoda spoke for hours, and together began to unravel Onoda's incredible story.

At the end of 1944, on Lubang Island in 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. Defend the territory with guerilla tactics at all costs. There is only one rule: you are forbidden to die by your own hand. In the event of capture, give the enemy all the misleading information you can. Onoda dutifully retreated into the jungle, and so began his long campaign. Soon weeks turned into months, months into years, and years into decades. And all the while Onoda continued to follow his orders, surviving by any means necessary, at first with other soldiers, and then, finally, all alone in the jungle, like a phantom, becoming one with the natural world. Until eventually time itself seemed to melt away.

In The Twilight World, Herzog immortalizes Onoda's years of absurd yet epic struggle, recounting his lonely mission 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 something like a modern-day Robinson Crusoe: nothing less than a glowing, dancing meditation on the purpose and meaning we give our lives.

Story Locale: Japan and the Phillippines
Werner Herzog, one of the most revered filmmakers of all time, in his first book in many years, tells the story of Hiroo Onoda, a Japanese soldier who continued to defend a small island in the Philippines for twenty-nine years after the end of World War Two

In 1997, Werner Herzog was in Tokyo to direct an opera. His hosts there asked, whom would you like to meet? He replied instantly: Hiroo Onoda. Onoda was a former solider famous for having quixotically defended an island in the Philippines for decades after World War II, unaware the war was over. At their meeting, Herzog and Onoda spoke for hours, and together began to unravel Onoda's incredible story.

At the end of 1944, on Lubang Island in 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. Defend the territory with guerilla tactics at all costs. There is only one rule: you are forbidden to die by your own hand. In the event of capture, give the enemy all the misleading information you can. Onoda dutifully retreated into the jungle, and so began his long campaign. Soon weeks turned into months, months into years, and years into decades. And all the while Onoda continued to follow his orders, surviving by any means necessary, at first with other soldiers, and then, finally, all alone in the jungle, like a phantom, becoming one with the natural world. Until eventually time itself seemed to melt away.

In The Twilight World, Herzog immortalizes Onoda's years of absurd yet epic struggle, recounting his lonely mission 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 something like a modern-day Robinson Crusoe: nothing less than a glowing, dancing meditation on the purpose and meaning we give our lives.

Story Locale: Japan and the Phillippines
Über den Autor
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.
Zusammenfassung
A GREAT ARTIST: Having produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature and documentary films, Werner Herzog is universally regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time-a genius, really-and has legions of fans who devour everything he touches. This book, his first in more than a decade, will be a treat for them.

A CLASSIC HERZOG STORY: The incredible story of Hiroo Onoda is exactly the sort of thing that has made Herzog's work so beloved. A remarkable, stranger-than-fiction tale of obsession and the indominable nature of the human spirit, it will be a vital contribution to his oeuvre.

RICH PUBLICITY POTENTIAL: Late in his career, Herzog has become something of a cultural phenomenon unto himself, and his interviews often generate highly original and delightful sound bites that can reverberate across social media.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 144
ISBN-13: 9780593490266
ISBN-10: 0593490266
Sprache: Englisch
Originalsprache: Deutsch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Herzog, Werner
Übersetzung: Hofmann, Michael
Hersteller: Penguin LLC US
Penguin Press
Maße: 207 x 127 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Werner Herzog
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.06.2022
Gewicht: 0,264 kg
preigu-id: 120638844
Über den Autor
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.
Zusammenfassung
A GREAT ARTIST: Having produced, written, and directed more than sixty feature and documentary films, Werner Herzog is universally regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time-a genius, really-and has legions of fans who devour everything he touches. This book, his first in more than a decade, will be a treat for them.

A CLASSIC HERZOG STORY: The incredible story of Hiroo Onoda is exactly the sort of thing that has made Herzog's work so beloved. A remarkable, stranger-than-fiction tale of obsession and the indominable nature of the human spirit, it will be a vital contribution to his oeuvre.

RICH PUBLICITY POTENTIAL: Late in his career, Herzog has become something of a cultural phenomenon unto himself, and his interviews often generate highly original and delightful sound bites that can reverberate across social media.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
Genre: Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
Seiten: 144
ISBN-13: 9780593490266
ISBN-10: 0593490266
Sprache: Englisch
Originalsprache: Deutsch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Herzog, Werner
Übersetzung: Hofmann, Michael
Hersteller: Penguin LLC US
Penguin Press
Maße: 207 x 127 x 22 mm
Von/Mit: Werner Herzog
Erscheinungsdatum: 14.06.2022
Gewicht: 0,264 kg
preigu-id: 120638844
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