The Black Obelisk, Erich Maria Remarque
The Black Obelisk, Erich Maria Remarque
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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

Categories: Fiction, Classic


Synopsis

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.

About Erich Maria Remarque

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Audrius on January 31, 2012

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

Goodreads review by Patricija || book.duo on December 27, 2023

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

Goodreads review by Vygandas on April 28, 2024

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

Goodreads review by Mihaela on March 03, 2024

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

Goodreads review by Victoria on July 27, 2011

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