num_pages: 216
description: "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.
language: English
title: All Quiet on the Western Front
titlecomplete: All Quiet on the Western Front
characters: Haie Westhus, Albert Kropp, Stanislaus Katczinsky, Tjaden, Paul Bäumer, Fredrich Müller
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, World War I, German Literature, School, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 441881
places: Deutschland, France, Germany
series: All Quiet on the Western Front/The Road Back
awards: awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Luisterboek Award
publisher: Vintage Books USA