All Quiet on the Western Front
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (623 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0047CGNGC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 285 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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They are Germany's Iron Youth who enter the war with high ideals and leave it disillusioned or dead. Paul Bäumer is just 19 years old when he and his classmates enlist. All Quiet is one of the greatest war novels of all time, an eloquent expression of the futility, hopelessness and irreparable losses of war.. As Paul struggles with the realities of the man he has become, and the inscrutable world to which he must return, he is led like a ghost of his former self into the war's final hours
Amazon Customer said Truly a classic!. What a great work of fiction. Feeling ashamed that I had never read this novel but heard so much about it, I finally got a copy and burned through the pages in Truly a classic! What a great work of fiction. Feeling ashamed that I had never read this novel but heard so much about it, I finally got a copy and burned through the pages in 3 days. It certainly lived up to its name and legacy. The writing is to the point, Hemingway-esque, and rarely slows. Every fifth paragraph leaves one a jewel phrase or entire sentence that can qualify as a memorable quote. For example: "What do they expect of us if a time ever comes when this war is over? Through the years our business has been killing;--it was our first calling in life. Our knowledge of life is limited to death. What will happen afterwards? An. days. It certainly lived up to its name and legacy. The writing is to the point, Hemingway-esque, and rarely slows. Every fifth paragraph leaves one a jewel phrase or entire sentence that can qualify as a memorable quote. For example: "What do they expect of us if a time ever comes when this war is over? Through the years our business has been killing;--it was our first calling in life. Our knowledge of life is limited to death. What will happen afterwards? An. Dana Spinler said A Requirement to Read. For someone who is interested in war novels, this one is a requirement to read. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is an excellent novel about the First World War. One of the first books published about the war it was one of the first insights of life in the trenches. This novel gave people sometimes there first experience of what it was like. Leading the way for writers and filmmakers to visualize it. All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the best books ever written for its overall imagery that’s gives a vivid image of all the aspects of life as a soldier in World War One. Paul Baumer is 1. "The experience of war from the front lines by the lowest ranking combat soldier. Vivid and Gut Wrenching." according to grizzlybill70. This narration of the life of an infantry grunt in the German Army during the trench warfare of WWI is riveting and an accurate depiction of war from the mud and hunger and fear and instinctive heroism and cowardice level. It depicts the chaos of battle and the learned distancing of one soldier from another, for death may take either one of you in a minute. From 1917 to 2016, war on the ground level has not changed all that much, and it is no wonder that many authors mention this book as what ought to be required reading for U. S. Presidents and Congressional members when considering sending our troops to war - no matt