All quiet on the western front

The Resource All quiet on the western front
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All quiet on the western front
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Erich Maria Remarque ; translated from the German by Brian Murdoch ; with an introduction by Norman Stone
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  • eng
  • ger
  • eng
Summary
  • "On the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I: a hardcover edition of the classic tale of a young German soldier's harrowing experiences in the trenches, widely acclaimed as the greatest war novel of all time. When twenty-year-old Paul Baumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiam. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught to believe in shatters under the first brutal bombardment in the trenches. Through the ensuing years of 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. Erich Maria Remarque's classic novel not only portrays in vivid detail the combatants' physical and mental trauma, but dramatizes as well the tragic detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home. Remarque's stated intention--"to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war"--remains as powerful and relevant as ever, a century after that conflict's end"--
  • "A new English translation by Brian Murdoch of the German war novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, with an introduction by historian Norman Stone, a bibliography, and chronology"--
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Dewey number
833/.912
Index
no index present
LC call number
PT2635.E68
LC item number
I625 2018
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Everyman's Library
Series volume
386

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