The Night in Lisbon
by Erich Maria Remarque
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By the author of All Quite on the Western Front, this novel follows the trials and really, really difficult tribulations of a political refugee in the early days of WWII. It's an interesting period and a fascinating viewpoint. When one government takes over another, it gets really complicated for average folks. There are serious cross-currents of what's right, what's safe, who you can trust, where you can go, etc. This is also a richly narrated love story; the main character's wife decides to...more
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Read in May, 2008
It was an interesting experience to read this book after reading The Book Thief, both personal stories from World War II. Although they were completely different perspectives, I greatly enjoyed the microscopic view of the war.
The Night In Lisbon takes a very unique approach to storytelling, told from the perspective of a man describing his experience to the narrator.
Although I won't ruin the ending, the way the stories merge in the end was nothing short of brilliant, and I can hon...more
The Night In Lisbon takes a very unique approach to storytelling, told from the perspective of a man describing his experience to the narrator.
Although I won't ruin the ending, the way the stories merge in the end was nothing short of brilliant, and I can hon...more
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I loved All Quiet On The Western Front so much that I went out and read this book on my own... and this was back in high school, at a time when I didn't read for pleasure on my own very often. A gripping tale of refugees on their way out of occupied Europe, this book is ridiculously good from beginning to end. At one particular point in the middle, when it gives us that Casablanca-esque romantic view of France in the last days before it was taken, the book is transcendent.
(Or, at least, it w...more
(Or, at least, it w...more
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This is a tale about a refugee from Nazi germany who sneaks back in to see his wife and toogether the flee. The main stiory is a story within a story, so we only get to see thw wife through her husband's narrative. (There is no omnisicient narrator.) This is an interesting choice on the part of the author. The tale evolves from an adventure story to a love story. The ending is somewhat ironic.
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Read in January, 2002
I don't remember a lot of this plot, except that it revolved around the protagonist trying to get out of Europe during World War II, thus taking him to Lisbon, and the various characters he encounters, with an air of danger and uncertainty always lurking. It demonstrated to me that Remarque's career didn't begin and end with "All Quiet on the Western Front."
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Read in April, 2002
My first read by Erich Maria Remarque (never read 'All's Quiet on the Western Front'). I was hooked just from the blurb on the back cover. A man is desperate to flee Nazi occupied Europe with his wife. A stranger offers him two tickets and fake passports. All he wants is that you listen to his story.
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Read in January, 2008
This was worth a read...the story of a pair of refugees during the second world war. Not nearly as compelling as All Quiet on the Western Front, but Remarque is still pretty good at capturing what the thoughts of people in different situations "could" be.
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A very different writing style from early books of his. It was okay, but it wasn't funny like his other books, mostly just mushy or sad (and not in a good way).
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