All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel

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The masterpiece of the German experience during World War I, considered by many the greatest war novel of all time—with an Oscar–winning film adaptation now streaming on Netflix.
 
“[Erich Maria Remarque] is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank.”—The New York Times Book Review

I am young, I am twenty years old; yet I know nothing of life but despair, death, fear, and fatuous superficiality cast over an abyss of sorrow. . . .

This is the testament of Paul Bäumer, who enlists with his classmates in the German army during World War I. They become soldiers with youthful enthusiasm. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught breaks in pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches.

Through years of vivid horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another . . .  if only he can come out of the war alive.

From the Publisher

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0449213943
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Ballantine Books
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 12, 1987
Edition ‏ : ‎ Reissue
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 304 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780449213940
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0449213940
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.7 ounces
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 15+ years, from customers
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.14 x 0.76 x 6.88 inches
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool – 1
Best Sellers Rank: #3,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #34 in War Fiction (Books) #169 in Classic Literature & Fiction #454 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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