All Quiet on the Western Front (Vintage War) Exp - Softcover

Erich Maria Remarque

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099595524 ISBN 13: 9780099595526

Publisher: Vintage, 2014

Synopsis

One by one the boys begin to fall In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys freshfaced and idealistic are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the glorious war With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up What follows is the moving story of a young unknown soldier experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches

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From the Inside Flap:

Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principles of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against each other--if only he can come out of the war alive.
"The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first trank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure."
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

About the Author:

Erich Maria Remarque was a German author and veteran of World War I. Following the war he worked as a primary school teacher, and later as a librarian, a journalist, and a technical writer. Among Remarque’s published novels were All Quiet on the Western Front, The Road Back, Three Comrades, and Arch of Triumph. Remarque adapted the book Ten Days to Die, about Hitler’s final days, as a screenplay, and he also wrote for the stage. During his lifetime Remarque married twice and had love affairs with the actresses Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Dietrich, and Greta Garbo.

About this edition

• Publisher: Vintage
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0099595524
• ISBN 13: 9780099595526
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208