New Releases by Erich Maria Remarque

In 1928--only 10 years after the end of World War I--Erich Maria Remarque''s classic war novel was published in Germany. It was an immediate hit: in its first 18 months in print, 2.5 million copies were sold, translated into 22 languages. The title of the novel in German--Im Westen nichts neues--was rendered by its first English translator, A.W. Wheen (whose version is presented in this edition), as All Quiet on the Western Front. The English title has stuck, but the German literally means "nothing new in the West." It is taken from the very end of the novel. It points to the book''s central theme, which centers on the experience of young Paul Baümer, who is coaxed to join the German army at the beginning of the war. This gripping tale follows Paul and his mates as they navigate the horror, boredom, and stupidity of the First World War. We see the pain of one comrade, who loses a leg, while his friends covet the pair of boots he can no longer wear. We follow Paul''s company as it is whittled down in combat from 150 men to 32. Paul, wounded, goes home on leave, but he feels alienated from his family, who do not understand what he has gone through and to whom he cannot explain it. Throughout this grim drama, the meaning of the original German title pokes through. The war, the greatest and bloodiest in history up to that point, is also drearily routine--perhaps its greatest horror. All Quiet on the Western Front has caused controversy even since it appeared. It has been taken as a manifesto of pacifism and as such has been banned in countless contexts (including Nazi Germany). But at the outset, Remarque says that the book "will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war." Remarque''s stark account speaks to the horror of war far more deeply than any manifesto could. It must be read by anyone who wants to understand war--that horrible yet constantly recurring part of the human condition.

Erich Maria Remarque was a German-born novelist. His landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War I, was an international bestseller which created a new literary genre, and was adapted into multiple films. Remarque''s anti-war themes led to his condemnation by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as "unpatriotic". He was able to use his literary success to relocate to Switzerland and the United States, where he became a naturalized citizen. Contents: All Quiet on the Western Front The Road Back Three Comrades

A compelling set of short stories chronicling post-World War I life in Germany, from the author of the classic, All Quiet on the Western Front. German-American novelist Erich Maria Remarque captured the emotional anguish of a generation in his World War I masterpiece, All Quiet on the Western Front, as well as in an impressive selection of novels, plays, and short stories. This exquisite collection revives Remarque''s unforgettable voice, presenting a series of short stories that have long ago faded from public memory. From the haunting description of an abandoned battlefield to the pain of losing a loved one in the war to soldiers'' struggles with what we now recognize as PTSD, the stories offer an unflinching glimpse into the physical, emotional, and even spiritual implications of World War I. In this collection, we follow the trials of naïve war widow Annette Stoll, reflect on the power of small acts of kindness toward a dying soldier, and join Johann Bartok, a weary prisoner of war, in his struggle to reunite with his wife. Although a century has passed since the end of the Great War, Remarque''s writing offers a timeless reflection on the many costs of war. Eight Stories offers a beautiful tribute to the pain that war inflicts on soldiers and civilians alike, and resurrects the work of a master author whose legacy—like the war itself—will endure for generations to come.

A háború nem változik. Talán ez a legfőbb üzenete Erich Maria Remarque lassan százéves regényének, amelyben saját és nemzedéke értelmetlen szenvedését örökítette meg. Az író tizennyolc éves korában, az iskolapadból került az első világháború vérszivattyújába, ahonnan súlyos sérülésekkel tért haza. A Nyugaton a helyzet változatlan azonban nem egyszerű életrajzi regény, hanem zsigerien érzékletes megjelenítése a modern háború embertelenségének. A frontról nincs visszaút, nincs boldog befejezés: még a túlélők is borzalmas testi és lelki sebeket cipelnek egészen halálukig. A lövészárkok sötétségében csak a bajtársiasság felvillanásai nyújtanak pillanatnyi menedéket. Erich Maria Remarque regénye rendkívül időszerű volt első megjelenése idején, 1929-ben, amikor már gyülekezni kezdtek az elsőnél is pusztítóbb második világégés viharfelhői - nem véletlen, hogy a könyvet több országban is betiltották a rohamosan fasizálódó Európában -, és legalább ennyire aktuális ma is, amikor néhány száz kilométerre Magyarországtól városok lángolnak és ágyúk dörögnek. Az embertelenség idejében az irodalom minden korábbinál fontosabb. Az időtlen klasszikusból a Netflix készített 2022-ben nagy hatású feldolgozást.

«Soy joven, tengo veinte años, pero no conozco de la vida más que la desesperación, el miedo, la muerte y el tránsito de una existencia llena de la más absurda superficialidad a un abismo de dolor. Veo a los pueblos lanzarse unos contra otros y matarse sin rechistar, ignorantes, enloquecidos, dóciles, inocentes. Veo a los más ilustres cerebros del mundo inventar armas y frases para hacer posible todo eso durante más tiempo y con mayor rendimiento». Con crudeza y cercanía. Así nos narra Paul Bäumer, alter ego del escritor, el destino de un grupo de soldados durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Y su capacidad para transmitir las emociones más profundas del ser humano, a través de imágenes casi cinematográficas plasmadas con un lenguaje claro y directo, dejan una huella indeleble en el lector. Sin novedad en el frente nace de la pluma de Remarque con el deseo de ser la voz de toda una «generación perdida», y poco después de su publicación este relato inclemente y veraz de la vida cotidiana de un soldado se convirtió por méritos propios en un clásico de la literatura. Un clásico de la literatura antimilitarista que narra con excepcional dramatismo y veracidad la existencia cotidiana de un soldado durante la primera guerra mundial. Llevada al cine en 1930 por Lewis Millestone, obtuvo dos Óscars: a la mejor película y a la mejor dirección. Y ahora Netflix estrena una superproducción dirigida por Edward Berger, y nos promete una épica sobrecogedora y un tratamiento formal realmente espectacular.

Sota ei anna mitään, mutta vie kaiken. Ensimmäisen maailmansodan julmuudesta ja mielettömyydestä kertova pasifistisen sotakirjallisuuden klassikkoteos, jonka odotettu Netflix-filmatisointi ilmestyy vuonna 2022. Kuvaus nuoren saksalaisen rintamasotilaan kokemuksista neljän sotavuoden ajalta on samalla kertomus kokonaisesta sukupolvesta, jonka sota tuhoaa. Sankaruuteen koulutetun nuorison ihanteet murskautuvat pirstaleiksi kärsimyksissä ja loassa, konekiväärien, liekinheittimien ja kranaattien armottomassa tulessa, uuvuttavissa ja verisissä taisteluissa. Sodan synkkä perussävel soi taukoamatta. Remarquen koruton ja puolueettoman inhimillinen näkökanta on hätähuuto inhimillisyyden puolesta sotaa vastaan. Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970) syntyi Saksassa, taisteli teini-ikäisenä ensimmäisessä maailmansodassa ja kirjoitti kokemuksiinsa perustuvan romaanin Länsirintamalta ei mitään uutta, josta tuli valtaisa, ”kadonnutta sukupolvea” puhutteleva menestys ympäri maailmaa. Hän joutui pakenemaan kotimaastaan kansallissosialistien vainoa ja asettui lopulta Sveitsiin, jossa vietti viimeiset vuotensa.

Dietro l’Arc de Triomphe illuminato dai riflettori, un’enorme bandiera rossa, bianca e blu garrisce nel vento. Nel cielo coperto la sua ombra sbiadita e stracciata sembra un pennone a brandelli, sprofondato nelle tenebre sempre piú fitte. È il 1938, e a Parigi i segni della catastrofe incombente si percepiscono ovunque, nei volti dei passanti, nei caffè, nei bordelli, nel cuore pulsante di una città che si avvia alla rovina. La Ville Lumière è l’albergo dei rifugiati di mezza Europa, spagnoli, italiani, tedeschi soprattutto. Svolgono i mestieri piú ingrati per vivere, con l’incubo sempre di essere scoperti dagli altri ospiti dell’albergo parigino, le spie dei regimi da cui sono scappati. Ravic lavora in un bordello. Cura le prostitute, ragazze che si danno al mestiere per «premunirsi contro il degrado». A volte esegue operazioni chirurgiche in un ospedale, al posto di medici francesi non in grado di farle. Ravic è infatti un bravo chirurgo tedesco sfuggito alle grinfie della Gestapo e, con l’aiuto di amici, riparato clandestinamente nella capitale francese. Trascorre le sue ore nei bordelli e nei caffè con l’animo di chi è stato privato della patria ed è alimentato soltanto dalla vendetta nei confronti del suo persecutore, Haake, l’uomo della Gestapo. Nei romanzi di Remarque le ragioni del cuore e quelle crudeli della Storia si danno sempre appuntamento, e così accade in Arco di Trionfo. Ravic incontra Joan Madou, un’attrice dagli occhi grandi e chiari, impietriti in una cupa disperazione, una donna ferita a tal punto dalla vita da desiderare soltanto una cosa: sopravvivere. Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1946, oggetto nel 1948 di una fortunata trasposizione cinematografica diretta da Lewis Milestone e interpretata da Charles Boyer e Ingrid Bergman, Arco di Trionfo è una delle opere piú amate di Remarque, una indimenticabile storia d’amore e, insieme, uno dei romanzi politici piú riusciti della letteratura moderna. «Una cronaca e una rapsodia d’amore che è raro trovare nella letteratura moderna». FAZ «Il mondo ha un grande scrittore in Erich Maria Remarque. È un artigiano della scrittura di prim’ordine, un uomo che può piegare il linguaggio alla sua volontà. Che scriva di uomini o di natura inanimata, il suo tocco è sensibile, fermo e sicuro». The New York Times Book Review

The sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front, one of the most powerful novels of the First World War and a twentieth-century classic. After four gruelling years the survivors of the Great War finally make their way home. Young, spirited Ernst is one. Finding himself inexplicably returned to his childhood bedroom, restless, chafing, confused, he knows he must somehow resurrect his life. But the way back to peace is far more treacherous than he ever imagined. If All Quiet on the Western Front was a lament for a lost generation, this sequel speaks with the same resonant voice for those who came back. The is a new definitive English translation by expert Remarque translator Brian Murdoch. ‘Remarque is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank’ New York Times Book Review

« J’ai vu la ville pendant trois semaines devant moi, mais c’était comme si elle avait été située sur une planète inconnue. J’étais dans l’île d’Ellis Island, c’était l’été 1944, et sous mes yeux j’avais New York. » Ludwig Sommer, jeune Allemand pourchassé par les nazis, a enfin rejoint les États-Unis. Son permis de séjour en poche, il part à la découverte de cette terre promise dont les richesses semblent inépuisables. Mais les souvenirs et blessures de la guerre, toujours vivaces, remettent en question la possibilité d’un nouveau départ. Dans cet ultime roman, inédit en France, l’auteur d’ À l’ouest rien de nouveau (Stock, 1929) brosse le portrait d’une incroyable communauté d’exilés tout en offrant une réjouissante satire de la société américaine.

DA QUESTO LIBRO, L''OMONIMO FILM NETFLIX. Kantorek è il professore di Bäumer, Kropp, Müller e Leer, diciottenni tedeschi quando la voce dei cannoni della Grande Guerra tuona già da un capo all''altro dell''Europa. Ometto severo, vestito di grigio, con un muso da topo, dovrebbe essere una guida alletà virile, al mondo del lavoro, alla cultura e al progresso. Nelle ore di ginnastica, invece, fulmina i ragazzi con lo sguardo e tiene così tanti discorsi sulla patria in pericolo e sulla grandezza del servire lo Stato che l''intera classe, sotto la sua guida, si reca compatta al comando di presidio ad arruolarsi come volontari. Una volta al fronte, gli allievi di Kantorek da Albert Kropp, il più intelligente della scuola a Paul Bäumer, il poeta che vorrebbe scrivere drammi non tardano a capire di non essere affatto «la gioventù di ferro» chiamata a difendere la Germania in pericolo. La scoperta che il terrore della morte è più forte della grandezza del servire lo Stato li sorprende il giorno in cui, durante un assalto, Josef Behm un ragazzotto grasso e tranquillo della scuola, arruolatosi per non rendersi ridicolo, viene colpito agli occhi e, impazzito dal dolore, vaga tra le trincee prima di essere abbattuto a fucilate. Nel breve volgere di qualche mese, i ragazzi di Kantorek si sentiranno «gente vecchia», spettri, privati non soltanto della gioventù ma di ogni radice, sogno, speranza. Pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1929, e da allora oggetto di innumerevoli edizioni, Niente di nuovo sul fronte occidentale viene considerato uno dei più grandi libri mai scritti sulla carneficina della Prima guerra mondiale, il tentativo, perfettamente riuscito, di «raccontare una generazione che anche se sfuggì alle granate venne distrutta dalla guerra» (E. M. Remarque). «Commuovere il lettore con la forza delle parole, e destarne insieme cuore e mente, è il dono straordinario di Remarque». The New York Times «Uno di quegli scrittori che risvegliano un senso di gratitudine: perché ci offrono una seconda patria». Domenico Quirico

Lisbonne, 1942. Un homme erre sur les quais du port devant le paquebot qui part le lendemain vers les États-Unis. Il est émigré allemand, il n''a ni argent ni visa et ne sait comment rejoindre le monde libre. Un inconnu l''aborde et lui propose un étrange marché : en échange de passeports et de billets pour New-York, il devra écouter son histoire, le récit de sa fuite d''Allemagne, de son exil en France, de sa passion pour une femme. Publié pour la première fois en 1962, La Nuit de Lisbonne est à la fois une poignante histoire d''amour et un témoignage intemporel sur la condition des réfugiés et sur l''importance de conserver la trace de la destinée de chaque être humain.

Quattro anni trascorsi in trincea, in un inferno di orrori, in un lembo di terra tutta buchi e distruzione, tra brandelli di divise, lampi dartiglieria e missili che solcano il cielo come fiori colorati e argentei e poi in un giorno del 1918 ecco, improvvisa, la pace. Niente più mitragliatrici, niente più spari, nessun sibilo di granate. Comincia la ritirata e il ritorno in Germania per Ernst e la sua compagnia. Trentadue uomini, su più di cinquecento fanti partiti allinizio della Grande guerra. Attraversano la Francia camminando lentamente,con le loro divise stinte e sudicie, i volti irsuti sotto gli elmetti dacciaio. Magri e scavati dalla fame, dalla miseria, dagli stenti. Anziani con la barba e compagni smilzi non ancora ventenni, coi lineamenti che segnano lorrore, il coraggio e la fine, con occhi che ancora non riescono a capire: sfuggiti al regno della morte, ritornano davvero alla vita? Lungo la strada incontrano i nemici, gli americani. Indossano divise e mantelli nuovi, scarpe impermeabili e della misura giusta. Hanno armi nuove e tasche piene di munizioni. Sono tutti in ordine. Al loro confronto Ernst e i suoi hanno laspetto di una vera banda di predoni. Eppure, una sola parola sgarbata e si lancerebbero allassalto, selvaggi e sfiatati, pazzi e perduti. Arrivano in Germania di sera, in un grosso villaggio. Qualche festone appassito pende sopra la strada. Dei manifesti stinti dalla pioggia danno il benvenuto. Ma nessuno li accoglie. Nessuna ragazza li saluta lungo la via, soltanto qualche bambino affamato corre loro accanto. Tutti sembrano tornati a occuparsi di se stessi, la vita continua come se loro fossero degli accessori. È quella davvero la patria, quella la casa? Oppure il fronte, quellinferno di orrore e distruzione è penetrato così a fondo nei loro cuori che il lembo di terra della trincea è diventato la loro vera patria, terribile e straziante? Pubblicato per la prima volta a puntate sulla Vossische Zeitung e poi in volume nel 1931, La via del ritorno, riproposto qui in una nuova traduzione, fa parte, insieme con Niente di nuovo sul fronte occidentale e Tre camerati, della trilogia di Erich Maria Remarque dedicata alla Grande guerra. È uno dei libri più riusciti dello scrittore messo al bando dai nazisti, unopera in cui la potenza delle immagini e delle parole si coniuga perfettamente con la storia narrata di un giovane reduce della Grande guerra. La prosa lieve e malinconica di Remarque raggiunge in queste pagine la sua più compiuta espressione, indugiando con maestria sui desolati paesaggi del terribile conflitto e restituendo al lettore lanima di un personaggio che è il simbolo di unintera generazione: una generazione che ha creduto di tornare a casa e dimenticare linferno delle trincee, e che invece ne è rimasta sopraffatta. «Commuovere il lettore con la forza delle parole, e destarne insieme cuore e mente, è il dono straordinario di Remarque». The New York Times

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The evocative story of a man without a country, Arch of Triumph is a World War II–era classic from the author of All Quiet on the Western Front. It is 1939. Despite a law banning him from performing surgery, Ravic—a German doctor and refugee living in Paris—has been treating some of the city’s most elite citizens for two years on the behalf of two less-than-skillful French physicians. Forbidden to return to his own country, and dodging the everyday dangers of jail and deportation, Ravic manages to hang on—all the while searching for the Nazi who tortured him back in Germany. And though he’s given up on the possibility of love, life has a curious way of taking a turn for the romantic, even during the worst of times. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

From the detention centre on Ellis Island, Ludwig Somner looks across a small stretch of water to the glittering towers of New York, which whisper seductively of freedom after so many years of wandering through a perlious, suffering Europe. Remarque''s final novel, left unfinished at his death, tells of the precarious life of the refugee âe" life lived in hotel lobbies, on false passports, the strange, ill-assorted refugee community held together by an unspeakable past. For Somner, each new luxury - ice cream served in drugstores, bright shop windows, art, a new suit, a new romance - has a bittersweet edge. Memories of war and inhumanity continue to resurface even in this peaceful promised land. A haunting snapshot of a unique time, place and predicament, this is another powerful comment from Remarque on the devastating effects of war.

Il faut relire À l’ouest rien de nouveau et la voix vibrante de ce jeune soldat allemand qui vécut l’expérience effroyable que fut pour cette génération encore adolescente l’épreuve de la Grande Guerre. Car comme l’écrit Patrick Modiano, « l’un des privilèges de la littérature, c’est justement de rompre le silence, de crever la carapace du conformisme, des idéologies et des mensonges politiques, de dire “Je”, au nom de ceux qui n’ont pas pu parler ou que personne ne voulait entendre ». En 1928, Remarque commet donc le sacrilège de donner pour la première fois la vision de cette jeunesse sacrifiée, à laquelle il appartenait. Plus de glorification des faits d’armes, mais l’omniprésence de la mort et le tableau de l’Apocalypse. Le livre est interdit. Il deviendra un film mythique, que les autorités allemandes essaieront d’interdire également. Mais la puissance d’évocation de cette œuvre est telle qu’elle résiste à toute censure. Elle incarne si justement la bêtise et la cruauté infinies des hommes qu’on pense forcément au désastre des conflits suivants, à la marque indélébile laissée aux survivants. Ecrit à la première personne, au présent, avec une sobriété qui souligne l’horreur quotidienne du front et de la vie dans les tranchées, ce roman nous interpelle du fin fond de l’enfer, dans la plus déchirante intimité.

The sequel to the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Road Back is a classic novel of the slow return of peace to Europe in the years following World War I. After four grueling years, the Great War has finally ended. Now Ernst and the few men left from his company cannot help wondering what will become of them. The town they departed as eager young men seems colder, their homes smaller, the reasons their comrades had to die even more inexplicable. For Ernst and his friends, the road back to peace is more treacherous than they ever imagined. Suffering food shortages, political unrest, and a broken heart, Ernst undergoes a crisis that teaches him what there is to live for—and what he has that no one can ever take away. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

Er blieb Fragment und fasziniert dennoch nachhaltig: Der Roman "Das gelobte Land", an dem Remarque bis zu seinem Tod im September 1970 arbeitete, bietet ein schillerndes Bild des New York der Vierzigerjahre, der Weltmetropole, Kunststadt und Emigrantenhochburg.

This book presents a collection of essays exploring various aspects of the novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque.

From one of the twentieth century’s master novelists, the author of the classic All Quiet on the Western Front, comes Heaven Has No Favorites, a bittersweet story of unconventional love that sweeps across Europe. Lillian is charming, beautiful . . . and slowly dying of consumption. But she doesn’t wish to end her days in a hospital in the Alps. She wants to see Paris again, then Venice—to live frivolously for as long as possible. She might die on the road, she might not, but before she goes, she wants a chance at life. Clerfayt, a race-car driver, tempts fate every time he’s behind the wheel. A man with no illusions about chance, he is powerfully drawn to a woman who can look death in the eye and laugh. Together, he and Lillian make an unusual pair, living only for the moment, without regard for the future. It’s a perfect arrangement—until one of them begins to fall in love. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

A haunting classic from the author of All Quiet on the Western Front, Shadows in Paradise reveals the deepest scars of the men and women who experienced the Holocaust. After years of hiding and surviving near death in a concentration camp, Ross is finally safe. Now living in New York City among old friends, far from Europe’s chilling atrocities, Ross soon meets Natasha, a beautiful model and fellow émigré, a warm heart to help him forget his cold memories. Yet even as the war draws to its violent close, Ross cannot find peace. Demons still pursue him. Whether they are ghosts from the past or the guilt of surviving, he does not know. For he is only beginning to understand that freedom is far from easy—and that paradise, however perfect, has a price. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

From the quintessential author of wartime Germany, A Time to Love and a Time to Die echoes the harrowing insights of his masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front. After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks’ leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes. Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his parents nowhere in sight. Nobody knows if they are dead or alive. As his leave draws to a close, Graeber reaches out to Elisabeth, a childhood friend. Like him, she is imprisoned in a world she did not create. But in a time of war, love seems a world away. And sometimes, temporary comfort can lead to something unexpected and redeeming. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

History and fate collide as the Nazis rise to power in The Night in Lisbon, a classic tale of survival from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front. With the world slowly sliding into war, it is crucial that enemies of the Reich flee Europe at once. But so many routes are closed, and so much money is needed. Then one night in Lisbon, as a poor young refugee gazes hungrily at a boat bound for America, a stranger approaches him with two tickets and a story to tell. It is a harrowing tale of bravery and butchery, daring and death, in which the price of love is beyond measure and the legacy of evil is infinite. As the refugee listens spellbound to the desperate teller, in a matter of hours the two form a unique and unshakable bond—one that will last all their lives. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

In Spark of Life, a powerful classic from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front, one man’s dream of freedom inspires a valiant resistance against the Nazi war machine. For ten years, 509 has been a political prisoner in a German concentration camp, persevering in the most hellish conditions. Deathly weak, he still has his wits about him and he senses that the end of the war is near. If he and the other living corpses in his barracks can hold on for liberation—or force their own—then their suffering will not have been in vain. Now the SS who run the camp are ratcheting up the terror. But their expectations are jaded and their defenses are down. It is possible that the courageous yet terribly weak prisoners have just enough left in them to resist. And if they die fighting, they will die on their own terms, cheating the Nazis out of their devil’s contract. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

Station am Horizont ist der schönste der frühen Romane Erich Maria Remarques, der viele Querverbindungen zu späteren Werken aufweist; in der Verknüpfung von Liebesgeschichte, mondänem Gesellschaftsleben, Autorennen und exquisiten Dialogen vor allem zu Der Himmel kennt keine Günstlinge. Es ist die Geschichte von dem Lebemann und Rennfahrer Kai, von Männerfreundschaft und Rivalität, von drei Frauen, von Ruhelosigkeit und Exzess in einer trägen, verwöhnten Gesellschaft. Ein schwungvoll geschriebener, atmosphärischer Roman und eine Entdeckung für jeden Remarque-Freund!