All Quiet on the Western Front

Author: Erich Maria Remarque (Germany), translated by Li Qinghua
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: This is a semi-autobiographical novel. During World War I, the protagonist Boymel and his classmates, under the guise of patriotic slogans, enlist in the army and engage in brutal trench warfare at the front lines. Faced with the bloody reality, their ideals and beliefs crumble, their passion for life shatters, and their understanding of the world collapses. Their eyes see only blood, limbs, meat, brains, and poison gas. Their living classmates and comrades fall one by one, and the battlefield becomes a graveyard for nameless soldiers. The horror and cruelty of war, along with the soldiers' longing for peace, reveal to readers the tearless sorrow of humanity. At the very end, on a tranquil autumn day just before peace arrives, the protagonist dies at the front lines. The faithful depiction and reflection on war make this book an immortal masterpiece of 20th-century world literature.