| A Dangerous Encounter | |
| Author: | Ernst Jünger |
| Translator: | Hilary Barr |
| Title Orig: | Eine gefährliche Begegnung |
| Country: | West Germany |
| Language: | German |
| Publisher: | Klett-Cotta |
| Pub Date: | 1985 |
| English Pub Date: | 1993 |
| Pages: | 169 |
| Isbn: | 9783608953336 |
A Dangerous Encounter is a 1985 novel by the German writer Ernst Jünger. The story is set in Paris in the late 19th century and follows a murder investigation in a decadent aristocratic environment. The book was published in English in 1993, translated by Hilary Barr.[1]
Publishers Weekly reviewed the book in 1993, calling Junger's writing "shimmering" and "imaginative", and praised his portrayal of the character Ducasse, saying that the character is "the last practitioner of a gentlemanly decadence which itself is the faded reflection of a bygone social structure." Describing the flow of the book, they continued, "If the second half of the novel devolves into a rather unsatisfying francophonic Holmes and Watson riff, its beginning is a clear indication of Junger's talent.[2]
Kirkus Reviews called it "a polished tale from the prolific Jünger, a 97-year-old author who's acclaimed in Europe but little known here", and wrote: "Delicately mannered and full of nuance, this is certainly subtle--but a side effect of its careful, quiet understatement is that it seems over before it's really begun".[3]