All Quiet on the Western Front
Paperback Published on: 01/09/2005; Language: English, German (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £15.99
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Will stand the test of time
Touching book that absolutely reads like a memoir, the reader taking each word as fact as it seems so precise, so real.
I would recommend pretty much anyon... READ MORE
Magnificent
Arguably the greatest novel ever written about what it is like to be a soldier, and to fight in hand-to-hand battle. An incredibly powerful and deeply affe... READ MORE
Must be read
On a basic level this is about a young man, called Paul Baumer who was encouraged with his schoolmates to volunteer for the German army in 1914 and we're s... READ MORE
Synopsis
All Quiet on the Western Front is probably the most famous anti-war novel ever written. The story is told by a young 'unknown soldier' in the trenches of Flanders during the First World War. Through his eyes we see all the realities of war; under fire, on patrol, waiting in the trenches, at home on leave, and in hospitals and dressing stations. Although there are vividly described incidents which remain in mind, there is no sense of adventure here, only the feeling of youth betrayed and a deceptively simple indictment of war - of any war - told for a whole generation of victims.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780099496946
- Number of pages: 240
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 15 mm
- Weight: 170g
- Languages: English, German (Original language of a translated text)
Customer Reviews
View allExcellent, it should be on every school curriculum
This was the only book I can remember my grandfather, who had survived the trenches, giving to me, saying something along the lines of "If you want to know... READ MORE
A Superb Classic
All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the classic books ever written set in the First World War, written by the German Erich Maria Remarque. Remarque’s ... READ MORE
The tale of a lost generation
What can I say about All Quiet on the Western Front? It has left me feeling emotionally confused yet numb and weighed down by an immense mourning that I ca... READ MORE
All Quiet on the Western Front
Don't do what I did and lose your page then accidentally over-guess at how far you had reached in the novel, thereby ensuring you discover exactly who dies... READ MORE
Essential Reading
Everyone should read this book - It is haunting, heart breaking, angry and universal. The horrors of the First World War are made powerfully real in a very... READ MORE
Fantastic book
Dear Sirs
This is a tremendous book about war and how it is coward, terrible and maquivelique-notorious book.
Paul Rose/ M. Lapa
Absolutely amazing
By far my favourite book. Stop whatever you're doing now an read it!
Wow. Just wow.
I’m blown away by this book, it is so moving and emotionally written! I read this while studying WWI at school and this changed the whole way I viewed the ... READ MORE
Blown To Bits.
WWI was, effectively, the first mechanised war as it heralded the tank, the flame thrower and a burgeoning airforce. All are mentioned, the winged arm of b... READ MORE
Will never lose it's importance
From the start of you are captivated by the images in your mind when reading the haunting words in the first chapter, that carry on through out this book. ... READ MORE