All Quiet on the Western Front

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• 'All Quiet on the Western Front' by Erich Maria Remarque

  Told through the eyes of 19-year-old soldier Paul Baumer, it details his experiences fighting in the Flanders' trenches. Over time Baumer undergoes a complete transformation from naive young schoolboy to hard-bitten soldier. He survives the harsh rea ... (read full critics)

  readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

• All Quiet on the Western Front

  A searing first-person account of the First World War, All Quiet on the Western Front describes one German soldier's experiences and the fate of the school companions who joined up with him. There is no belaboring of the horrors of war, just a simple ... (read full critics)

  dannyreviews published on Thu, 26 Aug 2010

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  I read this book in highschool and re-read it this summer. It is one long shriek of rage and horror. You need a strong stomach for the descriptions of trench life and warfare. Then again, you need a strong stomach for war.
  No heroism, no glorification of war. Just one long parade of injury, de ... (continue)

  I read this book in highschool and re-read it this summer. It is one long shriek of rage and horror. You need a strong stomach for the descriptions of trench life and warfare. Then again, you need a strong stomach for war.
  No heroism, no glorification of war. Just one long parade of injury, despair and death. Powerful novel.

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  annemarie said on Sep 30, 2008 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I got this book from my school libary, it was just a random book i picked up for something to do for my P.S.L, i didn't think i would actually like it but i ended up thinking it was amazing and is probably the book that got me into reading more. I liked how it was written as a personnal experience ... (continue)

  I got this book from my school libary, it was just a random book i picked up for something to do for my P.S.L, i didn't think i would actually like it but i ended up thinking it was amazing and is probably the book that got me into reading more. I liked how it was written as a personnal experience from the main character.

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  Laura. (: said on Mar 1, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  Good and Glad

  Well-written - and an up-to-date, excellent translation. I suspect a realistic - and often graphic depiction of the life of a First World War soldier. My favourite bit, Paul being caught in no man's land on a reconnaissance mission and having to play dead in a crater whilst an enemy attack goes on a ... (continue)

  Well-written - and an up-to-date, excellent translation. I suspect a realistic - and often graphic depiction of the life of a First World War soldier. My favourite bit, Paul being caught in no man's land on a reconnaissance mission and having to play dead in a crater whilst an enemy attack goes on all around him - and as the attack is beaten back, how an unsuspecting French soldier stumbles over him and is dealt a fatal wound by Paul, who - still cut off from his own trench - is trapped in the shell hole with the dying Frenchman and becoming tormented by guilt, he administer's first aid and starts to make promises to the dying man, who can't move or speak... it's powerful stuff. In some way, I am glad I've finished it, glad that it is over. But also, I am glad I've read it too.

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  mrpeterryan said on Feb 25, 2010 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 240 Pages
• Edition: Limited Ed
• ISBN-10: 0099496941
• ISBN-13: 9780099496946
• Publisher: Vintage
• Pub date: Sep 01, 2005
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio CD, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, School & Library Binding, Unbound, Others and eBook
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