Product Description

All Quiet on the Western Front is the most famous anti-war novel ever written

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #932 in Books
• Published on: 1998-01-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Irish Times, Eileen Battersby
'this harrowing narrative is unexpectedly beautiful, more pensive than angry'

Synopsis
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.

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.

Customer Reviews

anti-war literature at its best
Great novel. The journey from childhood to manhood is supposed to be full of joy and mystery, but this novel shows, doesn't tell, of what that journey is like during a world war. This book was banned by the Nazis when they came to power in 1933. If you read this novel, you'll understand why it was banned in Nazi Germany.

Read this before you die!
I bought an original 1929 copy on ebay and this is one hell of a book. If anyone has any idea that war is glorious you will be jarred severely by the this story. The true horror of the ordinary man fighting to keep alive is documented with crystal clear vision.

I initially found the style of writing a little off putting, but I have to say I rarely get sucked into a story as thoroughly as this one, I even have had nightmares about it's content!

In a similar way that Das Boot shared the human side of the 'enemy', AQOTWF does the same.....at the end of everything we are all very similar, whether English, French or German. We all worry and care about our loved ones.


AQOTWF was one of the books the Nazi's burnt in the 30's. That is sufficient reason to read it.

I can't say you will enjoy it, but I'm sure it will give you a valuable insight into the hellish lives the brave soldiers of all nations who suffered so much. God rest their souls.

If you are buying this book get a hold of Birdsong, it follows a similar thread.

Fantastic
I am one of these people who always wanted to read a great classic and enjoy it.

Unfortunately what usually happens is that I never finish a book of this type because it is too much like hard work and I go back to something less challenging.

Not so with this book. It grabbed me immediately and I lapped up every page. The author succeeded in bringing across difficult emotional subjects in an effortless way and I would thoroughly recommend it to everyone.