All quiet on the Western Front

Vintage war

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224 pages

English language

Published Aug. 6, 2005 by Vintage.

ISBN:
9780099483472
OCLC Number:
57575001

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5 stars (1 review)

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.

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Yeah, I liked this. I can see why this is a classic and why it has withstood the test of time. I'm sure it was controversial back in the day because it was kind of gritty and risque'. I'm not one for war stories so the fact that I read this and was engaged until the end is a testament to the authors ability to tell it "like it is" without sugar-coating or sentimentality which would render it corny. And we all know I have an adversion to corny.

So yeah, force yourself out of your comfort zone occasionally and read something you aren't exactly drawn towards. There is a lot of classic literature out there and it's almost always worthy of your reading time. Go for it.

Subjects

  • World War, 1914-1918
  • Intrenchments
  • Trench warfare
  • Fiction
  • Campaigns
  • Westfront
  • Belletristische Darstellung
  • Military campaigns
  • Soldat
  • Weltkrieg <1914-1918>

Places

  • Western Front
  • Deutschland
  • Western Front (World War (1914-1918))