All quiet on the Western Front

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224 pages

Langue : English

Publié 6 août 2005 par Vintage.

ISBN :
978-0-09-948347-2
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Numéro OCLC :
57575001

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In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their chauvinistic schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. Their disenchantment begins during the brutal basic training and then, as they board the train to the front, they see the terrible injuries suffered on the front line - their first glimpse of the reality of war.

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a publié une critique de All Quiet on the Western Front par Erich Maria Remarque

Dulce et Decorum est

A powerful anti-war novel in which Remarque immerses the reader in the meat-grinder of WW1, and all the horrors of trench warfare, both hideous and banal.

We read how the war happens to the narrator, Paul. How he cannot escape its clutches, how he & his comrades become so very important to each other. How the impossible to understand, must be experienced to be understood.

Throughout, Remarque makes damned sure the reader comprehends the old lie: dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, and then the sickening realisation of what the title means.

a publié une critique de All Quiet on the Western Front par Erich Maria Remarque

Review of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' on 'Goodreads'

4 1/2 stars
Yeah, I liked this. I can see why this is a classic and why it has withstood the test of time. I'm sure it was controversial back in the day because it was kind of gritty and risque'. I'm not one for war stories so the fact that I read this and was engaged until the end is a testament to the authors ability to tell it "like it is" without sugar-coating or sentimentality which would render it corny. And we all know I have an adversion to corny.

So yeah, force yourself out of your comfort zone occasionally and read something you aren't exactly drawn towards. There is a lot of classic literature out there and it's almost always worthy of your reading time. Go for it.

Sujets

  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Intrenchments
  • Trench warfare
  • Fiction
  • Campaigns
  • Westfront
  • Belletristische Darstellung
  • Military campaigns
  • Soldat
  • Weltkrieg <1914-1918>

Lieux

  • Western Front
  • Deutschland
  • Western Front (World War (1914-1918))