Erich Maria Remarque

Few books before "All Quiet on the Western Front" dared to describe in such graphic detail the privations, challenges and horrors faced by soldiers in the thick of battle. Thus, upon the publication of the this book in 1928 (a quasi-autobiographical war novel by German army veteran Erich Maria Remarque), it became an immediate sensation and a publishing juggernaut, selling 2.5 million copies in 22 languages in its first 18 months in print. Since...

A compelling set of short stories from the author of World War I classic, All Quiet on the Western Front German-American novelist Erich Maria Remarque captured the emotional anguish of a generation in his World War I masterpiece, All Quiet on the Western Front, as well as in an impressive selection of novels, plays, and short stories. This exquisite collection revives Remarque's unforgettable voice, presenting a series of short stories that have...

Aos dezoito anos de idade, Erich Maria Remarque (1898-1970) conheceu as trincheiras alemãs da Primeira Guerra Mundial. Foi ferido em três ocasiões. Saiu do conflito profundamente marcado e perplexo com a crueldade da guerra. Durante a década de 20, enfrentava a insnia carregada de fantasmas tomando notas sobre os horrores que viu e viveu no front. Os rascunhos formavam o núcleo de um romance. Publicado em livro no ano de 1929, "Nada de novo no...

From the quintessential author of wartime Germany, A Time to Love and a Time to Die echoes the harrowing insights of his masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front. After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks' leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes. Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his...

The sequel to the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Road Back is a classic novel of the slow return of peace to Europe in the years following World War I. After four grueling years, the Great War has finally ended. Now Ernst and the few men left from his company cannot help wondering what will become of them. The town they departed as eager young men seems colder, their homes smaller, the reasons their comrades had to die even more inexplicable....

From the acclaimed author of All Quiet on the Western Front comes Three Comrades, a harrowing novel that follows a group of friends as they cope with upheaval in Germany between World Wars I and II. The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship...

It has been called 'The Greatest War Novel of All Time.' All Quiet on the Western Front stands also as one of the greatest condemnations of war of all time. Follow a firsthand account of German enlisted man, Paul Baumer as he recounts details mundane and profound. His account moves and tears at our hearts with the horrors of war and the stark realities of humanity. All while somehow skirting around the question: Why? I bite into my pillow. I...

It tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches. The film from director Edward Berger is based on the world-renowned bestseller of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque.

Der Erste Weltkrieg: Literarische Versuche zur Bewältigung der „Urkatastrophe des 20. Jahrhunderts". - Darstellung und Deutung des Krieges bei Remarque, Im Westen nichts Neues - Vergleich der Romanschlüsse von Remarque und Köppen (Heeresbericht, Zweiter Teil, Siebentes Kapitel): Erzählweise, Figurengestaltung, Bewertung des Krieges. Die Königs Erläuterung Spezial zu Erich Maria Remarque & Edlef Köppen: Der erste Weltkrieg: Vergleich „Im...

These four novels remain must-reads 100 years after they were published. They not only shaped the literature of the 20th century, but they altered our views of life and reality-and what can and cannot be written about. When people talk about the Great American Novel, The Great Gatsby often comes to mind. F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic brings us back to the Jazz Age of the 1920s, which combined wealth, frivolity, and happiness wrung from pleasure and...