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The edition I read was one with a fine Introduction by one Harry Hansen, who apparently had also served in The War to End All Wars. In it, he quotes Remarque:
I was suffering from rather severe attacks of despondency. In an effort to overcome them I sought quite consciously for the cause of my depression. By this intentional analysis I came back to my life during the war. I was able to observe something quite similar in many friends and acquaintances. The shadow of the war hung over us even when...more
This is really a case of me not being in the right mood for this book more than of the book not being great. It's a well written, extremely honest and powerful account of the German experience on the front line during WWI. But I just never connected with the novel, despite all of its merits.
Which makes this a very difficult review to write. Objectively, I can absolutely see why this is a classic. The matter-of-fact, almost detached narrative, interspersed with occasional pages of pure fear or h ...more
Which makes this a very difficult review to write. Objectively, I can absolutely see why this is a classic. The matter-of-fact, almost detached narrative, interspersed with occasional pages of pure fear or h ...more
five because of pathos, not divorceable from its pathos, it's not a great novel but a great book of suffering in war
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Remarque beautifully pairs sensory detail with raw emotion. On the edge of my seat the entire read, silently rooting for our good friend, Paul.
Apr 18, 2010
Jamie
marked it as to-read
Jan 04, 2011
Jen
marked it as to-read
Aug 12, 2011
Alexandria
marked it as to-read
May 02, 2013
Allie
marked it as to-read
Jul 18, 2013
mr. x
marked it as classics
