

The Black Obelisk
Author: Erich Maria Remarque
Narrator: T. Ryder Smith
Unabridged: 14 hr
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 12/07/2018
Author: Erich Maria Remarque
Narrator: T. Ryder Smith
Unabridged: 14 hr
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 12/07/2018
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.
The third book of Remarque I have read so far. After this one, I can loudly say, no, not just say, I can scream and shout, not can but will - Erich Maria Remarque is trully my fav. writer. Even now I'm astonished with his words, words which break through my tiny ironic skull and lied down everywhere......more
4/5 Pildau klasikos skaitinių spragas ir Obeliskas puikiai tiko pošventiniam laikotarpiui – ir humoras, ir istorija, ir ironija, ir šiek tiek rimties, ir ryškūs, įsimintini veikėjai – nuo pagrindinių iki epizodinių. Remarkas puikiai valdo žodį (bet jums nereikia, kad aš tai pasakyčiau, gi patys žinot......more
Knygoje yra viskas, ko reikia geram romanui: įdomus siužetas, humoras (ir šviesus, ir juodas, ir pro ašaras), ryškūs veikėjai, nepriekaištingas stilius ir įtaiga, kad autorius ne fantazuoja, o kažką panašaus yra patyręs, matęs, todėl kūrybos akte perleisdamas per save, nepriekaištingai užburia skait......more
Aș zice că e un roman al nebunilor, dovadă chiar alineatul care încheie romanul. Într-o epocă nebună doar cei nebuni supraviețuiesc.O cronică a anilor '20 a Germaniei interbelice, dar scrisă cu un umor fin și în același timp cu un realism cinic. Genială!......more
Despite Remarque's flawless sarcasm and sense of humor, his books are never an easy read. Only when reading Remarque one gets an irresistible urge to google "How to stop being afraid of death?" This book tells a story about a young guy who survived WW1. He spent his youth at war and thus did not get......more