All quiet on the Western Front
By: Erich Maria Remarque
Series: Vintage war; Vintage war
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780099483472
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918; Intrenchments; Trench warfare; Fiction; Campaigns; Westfront; Belletristische Darstellung; Military campaigns; Soldat; Weltkrieg <1914-1918>
Work titles: Im Westen nichts neues
Description: In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their chauvinistic schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. Their disenchantment begins during the brutal basic training and then, as they board the train to the front, they see the terrible injuries suffered on the front line - their first glimpse of the reality of war.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.