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PaulBaumerenlistedwithhisclassmatesintheGermanarmyofWorldWarI.Youthful,enthusiastic,theybecomesoldiers.Butdespitewhattheyhavelearned,theybreakintopiecesunderthefirstbombardmentinthetrenches.Andashorriblewarplodsonyearafteryear,Paulholdsfasttoasinglevow:tofightagainsttheprinciplesofhatethatmeaninglesslypitsyoungmenofthesamegenerationbutdifferentuniformsagainsteachother--ifonlyhecancomeoutofthewaralive."TheworldhasagreatwriterinErichMariaRemarque.Heisacraftsmanofunquestionablyfirsttrank,amanwhocanbendlanguagetohiswill.Whetherhewritesofmenorofinanimatenature,histouchissensitive,firm,andsure."THENEWYORKTIMESBOOKREVIEW"FromthePaperbackedition.
作者简介
ErichMariaRemarque,whowasborninGermany,wasdraftedintotheGermanarmyduringWorldWarI.Throughthehazardousyearsfollowingthewarheworkedatmanyoccupations:schoolteacher,small-towndramacritic,race-cardriver,editorofasportsmagazine.Hisfirstnovel,AllQuietontheWesternFront,waspublishedinGermanyin1928.Abrilliantsuccess,sellingmorethanamillioncopies,itwasthefirstofmanyliterarytriumphs.WhentheNaziscametopower,RemarqueleftGermanyforSwitzerland.Herejectedallattemptstopersuadehimtoreturn,andasaresulthelosthisGermancitizenship,hisbookswereburned,andhisfilmsbanned.HewenttotheUnitedStatesin1938andbecameacitizenin1947.HelaterlivedinSwitzerlandwithhissecondwife,theactressPauletteGoddard.HediedinSeptember1970.,,,