All quiet on the western front

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248 pages

Langue : English

Publié 24 janvier 1958 par Little, Brown.

ISBN :
978-0-316-73992-4
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Numéro OCLC :
13378950

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The timeless classic of World War I Germany that speaks to generation after generation. The touching story of four young German boys and their army life during World War I.

70 éditions

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

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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 -- Juvenile fiction
  • Germany -- Juvenile fiction