All Quiet on the Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque

Random House, Nov 23, 2010 - Fiction - 224 pages

One by one the boys begin to fall...

In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are 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.

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Review: All Quiet on the Western Front

User Review  - Zelda - Goodreads

As it turns out, the literal translation of the title is actually, “Nothing New From the West”. It is in many ways a shame that the literal translation was not retained, for it carries the tone of ...

Review: All Quiet on the Western Front

User Review  - David - Goodreads

An extraordinary book. The story centres on a young teenager, Paul Baumer, who with his friends from school, is persuaded by the propaganda and his teacher to volunteer for the German army. Erich ...

About the author

Erich Maria Remarque was born in 1899. He fought and was injured in the trenches in the First World War when he was eighteen years old. He was exiled and his works were burnt by the Nazis. He lived in America and Switzerland and married and divorced his first wife twice before marrying the celebrated Hollywood actress Paulette Goddard. He published several novels after All Quiet on the Western Front, the most famous of which is The Road Back. He died in 1970.

Brian Murdoch was born in 1944. He is Professor of German at Stirling University.

Bibliographic information

• Title: All Quiet on the Western Front
• Author: Erich Maria Remarque
• Publisher: Random House, 2010
• ISBN: 1409015742, 9781409015741
• Length: 224 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / General; Fiction / Historical; Fiction / War & Military