Visit to Godenholm

By Ernst Jünger

Visit to Godenholm (German: Besuch auf Godenholm) is a 1952 novella by the German writer Ernst J?nger. It tells the story of a group of people who are invited to the island Godenholm in Scandinavia, where they take part in a mind-altering s?ance with strong surreal imagery. "The light began to crackle, a blue thread rose from the edge of the candelabra. Moltner looked at it first with amazement, then with delight, as if his eyes had gained a new power. Honey-scented smoke rose from thin wicks and then branched out into delicate wreaths. It was as if his imagination had created it - a tapestry of pale sea lilies in a depth that barely rippled with the surge of the waves. Time activated in the structure - encircled it, twisted and curved it, as if imaginary coins were being quickly stacked on top of one another. The multiplicity of space was revealed in the fibrous net, in the nerves stretching the thread in infinite numbers and unfurling vertically."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1678023698
• ISBN13: 9781678023690
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 94 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Book is fantastic, but translation is faulty

This is my 3rd Jünger novel, and he is incredible. His depictions and philosophies are beautiful, as always. However, this edition is quite awful. Besides there being multiple typos, the unforgivable part is that they claim that it was first published in German in 1920.....I found this to be quite spectacular at first, as the descriptions are without a doubt inspired by a drug experience. This novel was first published in 1952, which makes a lot more sense. I wish that more care had gone into the publishing of this iconic work in English.