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Erich maria remarque books5/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The author follows Remarque from his provincial, lower-middle-class and emotionally starved upbringing to service in the German army in WWI. Tims's English-language biography is decent. All are forgotten, except perhaps in his native Germany, where Remarque, pursued by the Nazis and even after WWII vilified as a traitor, has finally received his due from scholars. Yet who remembers the other novels and plays that Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970) wrote in his long and productive career? Many of them hit the bestseller lists in Europe and the United States and were also turned into films. The most famous antiwar novel of the 20th century, All Quiet on the Western Front,īrought its author, a young German veteran, immediate fame and great wealth. ![]()
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