{"product_id":"the-glass-bees-isbn-9780940322554","title":"The Glass Bees","description":"In \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Bees\u003c\/i\u003e the celebrated German writer Ernst Jünger presents a disconcerting vision of the future. Zapparoni, a brilliant businessman, has turned his advanced understanding of technology and his strategic command of the information and entertainment industries into a discrete form of global domination. But Zapparoni is worried that the scientists he depends on might sell his secrets. He needs a chief of security, and Richard, a veteran and war hero, is ready for the job. However, when he arrives at the beautiful country compound that is Zapparoni's headquarters, he finds himself subjected to an unexpected ordeal. Soon he is led to question his past, his character, and even his senses....\"This pitch-black ending [of \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Bees\u003c\/i\u003e] shows that Jünger offers more to the modern reader than perverse echoes of German history. \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Bees\u003c\/i\u003e captures with uncommon precision the psychology of acquiescence and abjection on which the sickening miracles of technology depend. The Venus flytraps of social media are a case in point; so is the heedless embrace of artificial intelligence.…In the end, the technical almost inevitably wins out over the human.\" —Alex Ross, \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In scenes as harrowing and thought-disturbing as any created by Karel Capek, George Orwell or Aldous Huxley, [Jünger] contributes not only to prophetic and nihilistic literature but also to an understanding of the inner and outer forces that shape many a man's attitude toward tyranny.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Jünger's language shimmers with icily brilliant cynicism. He masters a style as hard and transparent as the insects of the story's title.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"A fantastic, tightly compressed novel...a wonderfully provocative fusion of fiction and philosophy.\" —\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eErnst Jünger (1895-1998) was born in Heidelberg and early on developed a  fascination with war. As a teenager, he ran away to join the French  Foreign Legion, then enlisted in the German Army of the first day of  World War I. Jünger’s first book, \u003ci\u003eStorm of Steel\u003c\/i\u003e, provided a graphic account of his experiences. Jünger kept his distance from the Nazis, and his 1939 novel \u003ci\u003eOn the Marble Cliffs\u003c\/i\u003e presented an allegorical account of the destructive nature of Hitler’s  rule. One of the most controversial of twentieth-century German writers,  Jünger was the recipient of numerous literary prizes, and continued his  career as a writer until his death at the age of 102.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Mayer (1884-1970) was a German-born American translator and  editor. In the 1940s her homes in Long Island and New York served as  artistic salons for many émigré writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouise Bogan (1897-1970) served as poetry editor of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e for nearly 40 years and was appointed United States Poet Laureate in 1945. Her \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e won the Bollingen Prize in 1955.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruce Sterling is a science-fiction writer and pop-science journalist. He lives in Austin, Texas.","brand":"NYRB Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301410722021,"sku":"NP9780940322554","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780940322554.jpg?v=1767739550","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-glass-bees-isbn-9780940322554","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}