Author: erichmariaremarque

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 … 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…

“Unquestionably the best story of the World War” (H. L. Mencken): Young Paul enlists in the army — but soon must come to terms with the horrors of combat. A classic novel with over 140,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads, from an author with “an uncommon ability as a storyteller” (The New York Times).