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The Black Obelisk

By Remarque, Erich Maria

The Black Obelisk

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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
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
448
Release Date:
1998-06-09
Publication Date:
1998-06-09
Publisher:
Random House
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0449912442
ISBN13:
9780449912447
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
356 g
Height:
141 cm
Width:
211 cm
Thickness:
27 cm
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