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Twilight World
Werner Herzog
  • Published: 11 July 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529116243
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $34.99
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Twilight World

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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. . .
  • Published: 11 July 2023
  • ISBN: 9781529116243
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 144
  • RRP: $34.99
Categories:

About the author

Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a
remote mountain village in Bavaria and studied History and German Literature in
Munich and Pittsburgh.
He made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced,
written, and directed more than fifty feature- and documentary films, such as
AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD (1972), NOSFERATU (1978),
FITZCARRALDO (1982), LESSONS OF DARKNESS (1992), LITTLE DIETER
NEEDS TO FLY (1997), MY BEST FIEND (1999), INVINCIBLE (2000),
GRIZZLY MAN (2005), ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD (2007)
or CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (2011).
Werner Herzog has published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed
as many operas.
Werner Herzog lives in Munich and Los Angeles.

portrait photo of Werner Herzog

Also by Werner Herzog

The Twilight World
Every Man for Himself and God against All
The Future of Truth
Of Walking In Ice
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