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The Glass Bees
The Glass Bees | Ernst Jünger
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When The Glass Bees was first published in 1960, junger's German critics dismissed the book's vision as lacking contemporary relevance. Today, however, the future it imagines seems very much like the present we now know.
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BarbaraBB
The Glass Bees | Ernst Jünger
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I‘m the first to review this book on Litsy. That hardly happens anymore!

This is a disturbing story of a jobless former soldier who feels lost in an overmechanized world symbolized by artificial bees. He has an unusual job interview at Zapparoni Works.
The narrative blends his depiction of this interview, flashbacks to his childhood and his days as a soldier, and reflection on the themes of technology and morality.

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