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Erich Maria Remarque

    22. Juni 1898 – 25. September 1970

    Erich Maria Remarque es uno de los autores más conocidos y leídos de la literatura alemana del siglo XX. Su obra está profundamente marcada por sus experiencias vitales, influenciada por la tumultuosa historia de Alemania, desde su juventud en la imperial Osnabrück hasta su exilio. Las novelas de Remarque presentan un examen crítico de la historia alemana, centrándose de manera constante en la preservación de la dignidad y la humanidad humanas en medio de la opresión, el terror y la guerra. Su voz distintiva y la urgencia de sus temas continúan resonando en lectores de todo el mundo.

    Erich Maria Remarque
    Arch of Triumph
    The Black Obelisk: A Novel
    Arch of Triumph: A Novel
    A Time to Love and a Time to Die
    Naufragos
    Sin novedad en el frente
    • Sin novedad en el frente

      • 185 páginas
      • 7 horas de lectura

      "Sin novedad en el frente" es una novela de Erich Maria Remarque, que muestra los horrores de la guerra desde el punto de vista de un joven soldado. La obra suele categorizarse como de literatura antibelicista, aunque el mismo Remarque la calificó de apolítica. El libro se publicó por primera vez en Alemania en 1929. En ese mismo año se tradujo ya a 26 idiomas. Hasta hoy han aparecido ediciones en más de 50 idiomas, y las ventas estimadas superan en todo el mundo los 20 millones.

      Sin novedad en el frente
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    • 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.

      A Time to Love and a Time to Die
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    • 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

      Arch of Triumph: A Novel
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    • From the author of the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Black Obelisk is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of World War I in Germany. A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works for a monument company, selling stone markers to the survivors of deceased loved ones. Though ambivalent about his job, he suspects there's more to life than earning a living off other people's misfortunes. A self-professed poet, Ludwig soon senses a growing change in his fatherland, a brutality brought upon it by inflation. When he falls in love with the beautiful but troubled Isabelle, Ludwig hopes he has found a soul who will offer him salvation--who will free him from his obsession to find meaning in a war-torn world. But there comes a time in every man's life when he must choose to live--despite the prevailing thread of history horrifically repeating itself. 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

      The Black Obelisk: A Novel
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    • ARCH OF TRIUMPHIt 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. . . .

      Arch of Triumph
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    • 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 Night in Lisbon
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    • Set in the aftermath of World War I, this novel explores the gradual healing and restoration of Europe. It delves into the struggles and resilience of individuals as they navigate the challenges of rebuilding their lives and societies. As a sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front, it continues to address themes of loss, recovery, and the impact of war on the human spirit, providing a poignant reflection on the journey towards peace and normalcy in a war-torn continent.

      The Road Back: A Novel (All Quiet on the Western Front)
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    • 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.

      Heaven Has No Favorites
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    • 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.

      The Road Back
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