This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C16A11.BC9D53A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Nope. The book you ordered is by Sebastian Junger, an American writer. = His account of a swordfish boat being crushed in a massive storm off the = coast of Massachusetts became an instant bestseller when it was = published in 1997. It was subsequently turned into a blockbuster movie = starring George Clooney and the guy who used to be in New Kids On The = Block, forgot his name.=20 I haven't read "The Perfect Storm" so I can't comment on its quality. = But I read a long article on Sebastian Junger in (I think it was) GQ = last year, which made me think that he probably shares more with Junger = than just the name. Like Ernst Junger he also seems to be attracted by = danger and war zones -- he went to Kosovo, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and = Kashmir and wrote about his experiences there for magazines and = newspapers (Junger's book "Fire", published this year, contains most of = these articles). =20 Btw, Sebastian Junger was one of the last people who did an interview = with the legendary Afghan guerilla leader Ahmad Shah Massoud before he = was assassinated just a couple of days before September 11th.=20 =20 Regards,=20 RBR ----- Original Message -----=20 From: C.A. Moerland=20 To: Juenger-list@juenger.org=20 Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 4:09 PM Subject: [Juenger-list] Dutch translations II. Hello, I recently ordered a Dutch translation of "On the marble cliffs". The = bookstore where I was yesterday had "De volmaakte storm", translated: = "The perfect storm". ISBN: 9035119355. They had to order it... The only description which was given was: "A spectacular history of = mankind in battle with..." Is this an E. J=FCnger book or not (they searched for Junger though) = and could not give me any details about it... Met vriendelijke groeten, Best regards, C.A. Moerland http://surf.to/schipperke =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C16A11.BC9D53A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Nope. The book you ordered is by = Sebastian Junger,=20 an American writer. His account of a swordfish boat being crushed in a = massive=20 storm off the coast of Massachusetts became an instant bestseller when = it was=20 published in 1997. It was subsequently turned into a blockbuster movie = starring=20 George Clooney and the guy who used to be in New Kids On The Block, = forgot=20 his name. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I haven't read "The Perfect Storm" so I = can't=20 comment on its quality. But I read a long article on Sebastian=20 Junger in (I think it was) GQ last year, which made me = think that=20 he probably shares more with Junger than just the name. Like Ernst = Junger=20 he also seems to be attracted by danger and war zones -- he went to = Kosovo,=20 Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and Kashmir and wrote about his = experiences=20 there for magazines and newspapers (Junger's book "Fire", published this = year,=20 contains most of these articles).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Btw, Sebastian Junger was one of = the last=20 people who did an interview with the legendary Afghan guerilla leader = Ahmad Shah=20 Massoud before he was assassinated just a couple of days before = September 11th.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Regards, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>RBR</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:moerland.ca@gmx.net"; = title=3Dmoerland.ca@gmx.net>C.A.=20 Moerland</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:Juenger-list@juenger.org"=20 title=3DJuenger-list@juenger.org>Juenger-list@juenger.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, November 10, = 2001 4:09=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Juenger-list] Dutch=20 translations II.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>I recently ordered a Dutch translation of "On the = marble=20 cliffs". The bookstore where I was yesterday had = "De volmaakte=20 storm", translated: "The perfect storm". ISBN: 9035119355. They had to = order=20 it...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>The only description which was given was: "A = spectacular=20 history of mankind in battle with..."</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Is this an E. J=FCnger book or not (they searched = for Junger=20 though) and could not give me any details about it...</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Met vriendelijke groeten, Best = regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>C.A. Moerland</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR><A=20 = href=3D"http://surf.to/schipperke";>http://surf.to/schipperke</A></FONT></= DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2><BR></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01C16A11.BC9D53A0--
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