All Quiet on the Western Front is the most famous anti-war novel ever written. Now published for the first time alongside Brian Murdoch's new translation of the novel's sequel- The Way Back.
Erich Maria Remarque (Author)
Erich Maria Remarque was a German author and veteran of the First
World War. He was born 1898 in Osnabr ck, Germany. At the age of 18
he was conscripted into the German army. During his service he was
wounded by shrapnel in the left leg, right arm and neck. 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. His works
were publicly burned by the Nazi German government, and in 1947 he
and his first wife became naturalised citizens of the United
States. Four years earlier, his sister had been executed at the
behest of Hitler's 'People's Court'.
Remarque adapted the book Ten Days to Die, about Hitler's final
days, as a screenplay, and he also wrote for the stage. His last
novel was The Night in Lisbon, published in 1962. During his
lifetime Remarque married twice and had love affairs with the
actresses Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo.
Remarque's evocation of the horrors of modern warfare has lost none
of its force
*The Times*
Remarque is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank
*New York Times Book Review*
There are some books that should be read by every generation...
Remarque's story of German trench soldiers of the 1914-18 war gains
even more authority in the context of the loss of life in wars that
still rage
Brian Murdoch's new English translation shows that Remarque's
evocation of the horrors of modern warfare has lost none of its
force
*The Times*
The book conquers without persuading, it shakes you without
exaggerating, a perfect work of art and at the same time truth that
cannot by doubted
This World War I narrative was originally published in 1929, while the senseless destruction of the Great War was still fresh in the minds of those who lived through its horrors. Hearing 19-year-old Paul Baumer describe his experiences as a German recruit, the depth of his deprivation in the trenches, the cruel loss of life, and the cumulative devastation on mind and body is heart wrenching. Muller's understated performance, with its steady pacing and paradoxically soothing vocal timbre, enhances the lyrical language and elicits a palpable sense of the terror faced by Paul and his friends through the unrelenting close combat. In 1930, the movie adaptation won the Academy Award for best picture and best director and is now in the Library of Congress's National Film Preservation Board's Film Registry (http://ow.ly/kwRp2). (c) Copyright 2013. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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