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All Quiet on the Western Front
by Remarque, Erich Maria
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0449202496
- ISBN 13
- 9780449202494
- Seller
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Gastonia, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Fawcett Crest, 1975. Reprint . Mass Market Paperback. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 256 pp. Sixty-sixth printing. This is a reading copy only. The book is cocked, and there is stress creasing on the spine. The binding is tight and the text is clean. Translated from the German by A. W. Wheen.
Synopsis
All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque. The book is narrated by Paul Bäumer, a young soldier who enlists in the German army during World War I. It follows the experiences of Bäumer and his comrades as they confront the harsh realities of trench warfare and struggle to cope with the physical and psychological trauma of the war. The novel is a powerful and poignant critique of the futility and brutality of war, and its impact on the lives of soldiers who are often treated as mere cannon fodder by their superiors. Remarque's masterful prose and vivid descriptions of the horrors of war make All Quiet on the Western Front a classic of modern literature. 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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Details
- Bookseller
- Persephone's Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 057415
- Title
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Author
- Remarque, Erich Maria
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0449202496
- ISBN 13
- 9780449202494
- Publisher
- Fawcett Crest
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1975
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- Fiction
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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