This first French biography of Jünger is clear and haunting. I have read several works of Jünger, attracted by the style and by man. But I've always been baffled by incomprehensible changes that make the move from warrior exhilaration of Steel Storm in non-action of the Marble Cliffs. It also requires a kind of a sort of national-Bolshevism in The Worker in complete opposition to Nazism thereafter. Through testing Venner I finally understood the apparent contradictions of Jünger for his long life. The author is not a smug admiration, but he has esteem for the man and his nobility. Also this biography is very pleasant to read. A wonderful book.
