All quiet on the western front / Erich Maria Remarque ; translated from the German by A.W. Wheen.
Tells the story of Paul B̈äumer, a soldier who joined the German army shortly after the start of World War I. B̈äumer arrives at the Western front with his friends and meets Stanislaus Katczinsky, an older soldier, nicknamed Kat, who becomes Paul's mentor. Tells of the conditions in which the soldiers find themselves -- the brutality of war. The monotony between battles, the constant threat of artillery fire, the struggle to find food, and the overarching role of random chance in the lives and deaths of the soldiers are described in detail.
Record details
- ISBN: 0316739928
- ISBN: 9780316739924
- Physical Description: 248 pages ; 20 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Little, Brown, 1975.
- Copyright: ©1930
Content descriptions
General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. Translation of Im Westen nichts Neues. Reprint of the 1929 ed. published by Putnam, London. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR UG 6 10 701. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Germany. Heer > Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction. World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front > Fiction. Soldiers > Germany > Fiction. |
Genre: | War fiction. |
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Festus Public Library | Fic Remarque (Text) | 32017000068949 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |