All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel
4.5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
“[Erich Maria Remarque] is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank.”—The New York Times Book Review
I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. . . .
This is the testament of Paul Bäumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army during World War I. They become soldiers with youthful enthusiasm. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught breaks in pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches.
Through years of vivid horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another . . . if only he can come out of the war alive.
Erich Maria Remarque
Erich Maria Remarque was born Erich Paul Remark on June 22, 1898. A writer from an early age, he was conscripted into the German army and fought with the 15th Reserve Infantry Regiment on the Western Front during World War I until he was injured by shell shrapnel and transported to an army hospital to recover. from his injuries. Following the war, Remarque published his first novels under his given name - The Dream Room (Die Traumbude) and Station at the Horizon (Station am Horizont) - before embarking on his most famous work, All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues). In publishing this last work, he changed his name, adding the middle name "Maria" to honor his mother and changing the spelling of his last name to reflect his French heritage and to distinguish himself from his earlier works. All Quiet on the Western Front became an international sensation and was translated into dozens of languages, catapulting Remarque into literary fame. The book essentially invented a new genre of writing, where veterans would write about their experiences in war, and Remarque - and after publishing his next book, The Road Back (Der Weg zurück), about the recovery from the war in Germany, used the immense proceeds from his books to buy a villa in Ronco, Switzerland. Remarque's life in Germany became imperiled with he rise of the Nazis and soon, his works were deemed "unpatriotic" and banned throughout Germany. After fleeing the country with his wife, his citizenship was revoked and the Nazi propaganda ministry began spreading lies about Remarque, including the falsehood that he had never served in World War I. Remarque eventually became a United States citizen. Remarque continued to write for the rest of his life, publishing such notable works as Spark of Life, Heaven Has No Favorites and The Night in Lisbon, but none would approach the success of All Quiet on the Western Front. Remarque died of heart failure at the age of 72 in Locarno, Switzerland on September 25, 1970.
Read more from Erich Maria Remarque
All Quiet on the Western Front Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eight Stories: Tales of War and Loss Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5All Quiet on the Western Front - Unabridged Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll Quiet on the Western Front Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to All Quiet on the Western Front
Related ebooks
All Quiet on the Western Front Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Begumbagh, A Tale Of The Indian Mutiny, And Three Other Short Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe House That Berry Built Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCollected Essays Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPunch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, January 23, 1892 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWages of Sin, The Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Early Classics of Agatha Christie Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJust a Bit Touched: Tales of Perspective Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Case of the Missing Bronte Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 14, 1893 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBarnaby Rudge: Illustrated Edition - Historical Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDownturn Abbey Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 18, 1914 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMark Twain: Complete Novels: The Gilded Age, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Prince and the Pauper, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn… Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBarnaby Rudge (Illustrated Edition) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Deal With the Devil Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTimothy Crump's Ward: A Story of American Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStories That End Well An Adventure in Altruria——Through the Terrors of the Law——The Real Thing——The Old Partisan——Max—Or His Picture——The Stout Miss Hopkins' Bicycle——The Spellbinder——The Object of the Federation——The Little Lonely Girl——The Hero of Company G——A Miracle Play Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath in the Devil's Acre Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBarnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The black arrow Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMark Twain: The Complete Novels Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Seven Conundrums Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMa Pettengill Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Spy Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Black Dwarf (Unabridged): Historical Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Dark Kaleidoscope: Not Quite Bedtime Stories Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Black Dwarf Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Historical Fiction For You
East of Eden Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Rebecca Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Demon Copperhead: A Pulitzer Prize Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Count of Monte Cristo Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sold on a Monday: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Yellow Wife: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Hang the Moon: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Light Between Oceans: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5We Have Always Lived in the Castle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Carnegie's Maid: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Second Life of Mirielle West: A Haunting Historical Novel Perfect for Book Clubs Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This Tender Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Other Einstein: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Red Tent - 20th Anniversary Edition: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Girls in the Stilt House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rules of Magic: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sisters Brothers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Eve Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Kitchen House: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Canterbury Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Island of Sea Women: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Clockmaker's Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Magic Lessons: The Prequel to Practical Magic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book Woman's Daughter: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Poisonwood Bible: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Euphoria Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5That Bonesetter Woman: the new feelgood novel from the author of The Smallest Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Magic: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for All Quiet on the Western Front
114 ratings0 reviews