Ernst Birkholz and his comrades return home from the front after World War I, expecting to be welcomed. Instead they find a country in revolution, political violence, and economic chaos, where their experience is not understood and they struggle to adjust. Erich Maria Remarque follows the veterans as they find work, make mistakes, and try to find meaning, and as some join political movements.
It is a sequel in spirit to All Quiet on the Western Front, and it will appeal to readers interested in the aftermath of war. It captures the sense of a lost generation in Weimar Germany.
Thought-provoking; a moderate read.
Best for readers like The Wisdom Collector. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Kiwi
- ISBN
- 9783462027280
- Language
- DE
