

Arch of Triumph
Author: Erich Maria Remarque
Narrator: Ralph Cosham
Unabridged: 15 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/26/2005
Author: Erich Maria Remarque
Narrator: Ralph Cosham
Unabridged: 15 hr 51 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Published: 06/26/2005
Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970) was born in Osnabrück, Germany, of French ancestry. He studied at the University of Münster but had to enlist in the German army at the age of eighteen. He fought on the Western Front and was wounded several times. He began his writing career as a journalist. Fame came with his first novel All Quiet on the Western Front (1929), which sold more than a million copies in its first year and created a new literary genre of veterans writing about conflict. He left Germany in 1932 because of Nazism, came to the United States in 1939, and became a US citizen in 1947. All Quiet on the Western Front was adapted to film in 1930.
What does it mean to lose one’s country? What does it mean to lose one’s past? “Mr. Ravic is a lost man. He will never build a home for himself.” “What?” Veber asked in astonishment. “What’s that you are saying?” “There is no longer anything sacred to Mr. Ravic. That’s the reason.” Loneliness and despai......more
Jedna z najlepszych książek jakie w życiu przeczytałam.......more
I don't see how you can write books that are all so good... I wonder if the day will come when I don't finish Remarque's book.......more
" آن چه امروز در دنیا اتفاق می افتاد نه تازه بود و نه دور از انتظار. همه ی این وقایع ده ها بار در طول تاریخ بشریت اتفاق افتاده بودند. دروغ پردازی ها، زیر پا گذاشتن قول و قرار ها، جنایت ها، کشتارهای نظیر کشتار سن بارتلمی، فسادی که با عطش قدرت همراه است؛ سلسله ی پایان ناپذیر جنگ ها... تاریخ بشریت با......more