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All Quiet on the Western Front Mass market paperbound - 1987
by Erich Maria Remarque; Arthur Wesley Wheen (Translator)
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Experience the gripping tale of young soldier Paul Bumer as he navigates the horrors of World War I in Erich Maria Remarque's powerful and poignant novel, All Quiet on the Western Front. With its vivid descriptions and profound critique of war, this classic masterpiece appeals to those interested in the futility and brutality of war and its impact on soldiers' lives.
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In 1914, a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, is 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.
In 1930, the novel was adapted into an acclaimed film directed by Lewis Milestone. It was the first talkie war film to win an Oscar. In 1979 it was adapted again into a television film by Delbert Mann, starring Richard Thomas and Ernest Borgnine. In 2022, a new film was released directed by Edward Berger. This last adaptation won four Oscars.
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Considered by many the greatest war novel of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front is Erich Maria Remarque’s masterpiece of the German experience during World War I.
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.
“The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, 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
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Readers overwhelmingly hail Erich Maria Remarque’s novel as a searing, essential anti-war classic. They praise its spare, lucid prose, vivid trench imagery, and unflinching realism in portraying the futility of World War I, the loss of youth, and the psychological wreckage that lingers even for survivors. Moments of camaraderie and brief tenderness heighten the bleakness, and scenes such as Paul’s alienated home leave, the shell-hole killing, hospital wards, and Kat’s fate are frequently cited as unforgettable. Many emphasize its enduring relevance and moral clarity a century on; a minority note its character-driven focus over plot but still find it affecting and accessible.
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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
"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
First edition identification
All Quiet on the Western Front’s true first edition was published in Germany (Im Propylaen-Verlagy; Berlin, 1929). Beige cloth lettered in maroon and black. The novel by Erich Maria Remarque was originally serialized in the Vossische Zeitung in late 1928, and then published in book form firstly in German in January 1929, preceding the English and American first editions. The original title in German was Im Westen nichts Neues.
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- Title All Quiet on the Western Front
- Author Erich Maria Remarque; Arthur Wesley Wheen (Translator)
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Ballantine Books, Westminister, Maryland, U.s.a.
- Publication date 1987-03-12
- ISBN 9780449213940 / 0449213943
- Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.9 in (17.27 x 10.41 x 2.29 cm)
- Age range 09 to 11 years
- Grade levels 4 - 6
- Reading level 830
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- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
- Library of Congress subjects War stories, World War, 1914-1918
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00000000
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Booklist, 10/01/1993, Page 335
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