All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
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Author: Erich Maria RemarqueTranslator: A W. Wheen
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1987-03-12
ISBN: 0449213943
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: All Quiet on the Western Front
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a war book and the best one I have read. It concerns the happenings of a group of German soldiers in WWI, especially the main character named Paul. They are constantly either in the trenches fighting for their lives or facing the monotony of day to day life for a soldier. This book to me is pretty close to perfect for its kind. The battle descriptions are graphic and terrible without being distasteful. I think the author managed this because he never lost sight of the human element of combat and showed both the physical and psychic carnage that it could cause. Many of the soldiers were only boys or not much older and, in one particularly moving segment, the author even shows Paul's sympathy for an enemy soldier. This was powerful because it illustrated how there are no real winners in war. Everyone is a victim. Another thing that the novel was great at doing was showing how war changes a soldier. They often have difficulty adjusting back to civilian life and many of them probably never do. I felt such compassion for all of these men, even the ones who weren't such nice people, because of the hell they endured. And these were German soldiers who would become the Nazi war machine later on and that didn't matter in the least because they were human beings first. This has been called the greatest War Novel ever and I think that it is because it doesn't glorify war in any way shape or form, it instead casts a penetrating light on it and forces all men to see it for what it is. But sadly, war seems here to stay.
Summary of All Quiet on the Western Front
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."
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