All Quiet On The Western Front
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: later reprint.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - yellowed and foxed. Binding - shaky. Some foxing on prelims and book block. Internally sound.
A landmark of anti-war literature, All Quiet on the Western Front chronicles the harrowing experiences of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier navigating the brutal realities of World War I alongside his classmates, who enlisted together full of patriotic idealism. Remarque strips away all romanticism of warfare, presenting instead the physical devastation, psychological trauma, and profound disillusionment that define life — and death — in the trenches of the Western Front. Written with unflinching honesty and quiet, mournful prose, the novel argues powerfully that war destroys not only bodies but the very souls of those who survive it, leaving an entire generation without purpose or peace. First published in 1929, it became an immediate international sensation and remains one of the most important and widely read novels of the twentieth century, a timeless testament to the human cost of conflict.
Author: Erich Maria Remarque
Format: Hardback
Published: 1929, G. P. Putnam's Sons
Genre: WW1
Edition: later reprint.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - yellowed and foxed. Binding - shaky. Some foxing on prelims and book block. Internally sound.
A landmark of anti-war literature, All Quiet on the Western Front chronicles the harrowing experiences of Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier navigating the brutal realities of World War I alongside his classmates, who enlisted together full of patriotic idealism. Remarque strips away all romanticism of warfare, presenting instead the physical devastation, psychological trauma, and profound disillusionment that define life — and death — in the trenches of the Western Front. Written with unflinching honesty and quiet, mournful prose, the novel argues powerfully that war destroys not only bodies but the very souls of those who survive it, leaving an entire generation without purpose or peace. First published in 1929, it became an immediate international sensation and remains one of the most important and widely read novels of the twentieth century, a timeless testament to the human cost of conflict.