All quiet on the western front
Remarque, Erich Maria, 1898-19702012
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This First World War classic novel is written in the first person by a young German soldier, Paul Bauer. Only eighteen when he is pressured by his family, friends and society in general, to enlist and fight at the front, he enters the army with six school friends, each filled with optimistic and patriotic thoughts. Within a few months they are all old men, in mind if not completely in body. They witness such horrors and endure such severe hardship and suffering, that they are unable to even speak about it to anyone but each other. The 1930 film adaptation won two Academy Award.
Main title:
All quiet on the western front / Erich Maria Remarque ; afterword by Brian Murdoch.
Imprint:
London : Collector's Library 2012.
Collation:
263 p. : ill. ; 16 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translation of Im Westen nichts Neues."Complete & unabridged:--Cover.First published: London :Bodley Head, 1929.Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9781907360671 (hbk)
Dewey class:
833.912
Language:
EnglishGerman
Added title:
BRN:
297902
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH RYDE | ADULT FICTION | F REMAClassics | Available |