All Quiet on the Western Front

By Erich Maria Remarque, Arthur Wesley Wheen (Translator)

Book #1 in the All Quiet on the Western Front series

A young soldier battles the horrors of war and the hatred dividing men in World War I.

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226 pages· 62,524 words

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Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier, faces the brutal reality of World War I. Enthusiastic at first, he and his classmates are shattered by the horrors of the trenches. Amidst despair and death, Paul vows to resist the senseless hatred that pits young men against each other. Can he survive the war and hold onto his humanity?

From the publisher

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.”THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

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