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All Quiet on the Western Front

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** NOW A HIT NETFLIX FILM, WINNER OF 7 BAFTAS AND 4 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE** 
 
Discover the most famous anti-war novel ever written. 
 
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. 
 
'Remarque's evocation of the horrors of modern warfare has lost none of its force' The Times 
 
TRANSLATED BY BRIAN MURDOCH 
 
Now published for the first time alongside Brian Murdoch's new translation of the novel's sequel: The Way Back.

All Quiet on the Western Front is the most famous anti-war novel ever written. Now published for the first time alongside Brian Murdoch's new translation of the novel's sequel: The Way Back.

Remarque's evocation of the horrors of modern warfare has lost none of its force

Remarque is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank

There are some books that should be read by every generation... Remarque's story of German trench soldiers of the 1914-18 war gains even more authority in the context of the loss of life in wars that still rage

Brian Murdoch's new English translation shows that Remarque's evocation of the horrors of modern warfare has lost none of its force

The book conquers without persuading, it shakes you without exaggerating, a perfect work of art and at the same time truth that cannot by doubted

This harrowing narrative is unexpectedly beautiful, more pensive than angry

Its extraordinary appeal may stem from Remarque&rsquo;s success in universalising the soldiers&rsquo; experience &mdash; that the war was the same for all who fought

The power to move people by words, to arouse their sensibilities as well as their minds, was Erich Maria Remarque's to an extraordinary degree

[A] masterpiece&hellip; For the first time a writer gave a raw, pitiless account of men killing each other, by any means possible&hellip; its unrelenting honesty makes it hard to read it as anything else

Erich Maria Remarque (Author) 
Erich Maria Remarque was a German author and veteran of the First World War. He was born 1898 in Osnabrück, Germany. At the age of 18 he was conscripted into the German army. During his service he was wounded by shrapnel in the left leg, right arm and neck. Following the war he worked as a primary school teacher, and later as a librarian, a journalist and a technical writer. 
Among Remarque's published novels were All Quiet on the Western Front, The Road Back, Three Comrades and Arch of Triumph. His works were publicly burned by the Nazi German government, and in 1947 he and his first wife became naturalised citizens of the United States. Four years earlier, his sister had been executed at the behest of Hitler's 'People's Court'. 
 
Remarque adapted the book Ten Days to Die, about Hitler's final days, as a screenplay, and he also wrote for the stage. His last novel was The Night in Lisbon, published in 1962. During his lifetime Remarque married twice and had love affairs with the actresses Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo.

** NOW A HIT NETFLIX FILM, WINNER OF 7 BAFTAS AND 4 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE** 
 
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. 
 
'Remarque's evocation of the horrors of modern warfare has lost none of its force' The Times 
 
TRANSLATED BY BRIAN MURDOCH 
 
Now published for the first time alongside Brian Murdoch's new translation of the novel's sequel: The Way Back.

The sequel to one of the most powerful novels of the First World War and a keystone title on the Vintage Classics list.

Erich Maria Remarque (Author) 
 Erich Maria Remarque was a German author and veteran of the First World War. He was born 1898 in Osnabrück, Germany. At the age of 18 he was conscripted into the German army. During his service he was wounded by shrapnel in the left leg, right arm and neck. Following the war he worked as a primary school teacher, and later as a librarian, a journalist and a technical writer. 
Among Remarque’s published novels were All Quiet on the Western Front, The Road Back, Three Comrades and Arch of Triumph. His works were publicly burned by the Nazi German government, and in 1947 he and his first wife became naturalised citizens of the United States. Four years earlier, his sister had been executed at the behest of Hitler’s ‘People’s Court’. 
 
Remarque adapted the book Ten Days to Die, about Hitler’s final days, as a screenplay, and he also wrote for the stage. His last novel was The Night in Lisbon, published in 1962. During his lifetime Remarque married twice and had love affairs with the actresses Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo.

The sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front, one of the most powerful novels of the First World War and a twentieth-century classic. 
 
After four gruelling years the survivors of the Great War finally make their way home. Young, spirited Ernst is one. Finding himself inexplicably returned to his childhood bedroom, restless, chafing, confused, he knows he must somehow resurrect his life. But the way back to peace is far more treacherous than he ever imagined. If All Quiet on the Western Front was a lament for a lost generation, this sequel speaks with the same resonant voice for those who came back. 
 
The is a new definitive English translation by expert Remarque translator Brian Murdoch. 
 
‘Remarque is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank’ New York Times Book Review

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