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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is a book by Australian historian Christopher Clark, first published in 2012.The book covers the causes of the First World War, starting in 1903 with the murder of Alexander I of Serbia and ending with the outbreak of World War One.
French mathematician Alexandre Grothendieck wrote about The Sleepwalkers that "The metaphor of the 'sleepwalker' was inspired by the title of the wonderful book 'the sleepwalkers' by Koestler". [6] Irish writer John Banville stated that the "original idea" of his Revolutions Trilogy came from his reading of The Sleepwalkers, [7] and also that ...
The Sleepwalkers (German: Die Schlafwandler) is a 1930s novel in three parts, by the Austrian novelist and essayist Hermann Broch.Opening in 1888, the first part is built around a young Prussian army officer; the second in 1903 around a Luxembourger bookkeeper; and the third in 1918 around an Alsatian wine dealer.
Sleepwalkers (also known as Stephen King's Sleepwalkers) is a 1992 American horror film written by Stephen King and directed by Mick Garris. The film stars Brian Krause, Mädchen Amick and Alice Krige. The film revolves around the last two survivors of a vampiric shapeshifting species that feed on the life force of human female virgins.
Broch's first major literary work was the trilogy The Sleepwalkers (Die Schlafwandler), published in three volumes from 1930 to 1932.Broch centers the essay "Zerfall der Werte" ("The Disintegration of Values") in the final novel, providing an overarching theory of the trilogy's form and approach to contemporary culture. [11]
Another German award was bestowed on Clark for his book Preußen: Aufstieg und Niedergang 1600–1947 by German President Christian Wulff in November 2010. Chris Clark was the first foreigner to be awarded the German Historians' Prize [Deutscher Historikerpreis]. [28] 2013 Cundill Prize, finalist, for The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went To War In ...
Although Koestler resumed work on a biography of Kepler in 1955, it was not published until 1959. In the interim it was entitled The Sleepwalkers. The emphasis of the book had changed and broadened to "A History of Man's Changing Vision of the Universe", which also became the book's subtitle.
Stephen King is an American author of contemporary horror, thriller, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 400 million copies, [1] [needs update] and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies, and comic books.