Tilman Westphalen Books

From the author of the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Black Obelisk is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of World War I in Germany. 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. The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.--The New York Times Book Review

The sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front, one of the most powerful novels of the First World War and a twentieth-century classic.

Na zapadu ništa novo priča je devetnaestogodišnjeg Paula Bäumera koji se, nemajući pojma što zapravo čini, prijavljuje za odlazak u rat, iz školske klupe na bojište. U međuvremenu je postala općim dobrom, iako nas iznova potrese pri svakom čitanju. Dirljivo je i uznemirujuće pratiti kako Bäumer umjesto očekivana oduševljenja ratom i kratke pustolovine doživljava svu okrutnost pokolja i besmisleno umiranje svojih prijatelja. Remarque je stvorio klasično djelo svjetske književnosti, koje ni danas nije izgubilo snagu. Smatra se jednim od najvažnijih djela o Prvome svjetskom ratu i ovim senzacionalnim romanom Erich Maria Remarque postigao je velik uspjeh, otvorio si put prema svjetskoj slavi te ponudio sliku strahota modernog rata koja ima bezvremensku vrijednost. Roman se sada, više od pedeset godina od zadnjeg hrvatskog prijevoda, pojavlje u novom, vrsnom, prijevodu Branke Grubić.

A haunting classic from the author of All Quiet on the Western Front, Shadows in Paradise reveals the deepest scars of the men and women who experienced the Holocaust. After years of hiding and surviving near death in a concentration camp, Ross is finally safe. Now living in New York City among old friends, far from Europe’s chilling atrocities, Ross soon meets Natasha, a beautiful model and fellow émigré, a warm heart to help him forget his cold memories. Yet even as the war draws to its violent close, Ross cannot find peace. Demons still pursue him. Whether they are ghosts from the past or the guilt of surviving, he does not know. For he is only beginning to understand that freedom is far from easy—and that paradise, however perfect, has a price. “The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure.”—The New York Times Book Review

The greatest novel about the First World War and an international bestseller.In the trenches, one by one the boys begin to fall...In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their chauvinistic schoolteacher to troop off to the "glorious war". With the fore and patriotism of youth they sign up. Their disenchantment begins during the brutal basic training and then, as they board the train to the front, they see the terrible injuries suffered on the front line - their first glimpse of the reality of war.There are some books that should be read by every generation... Remarque's story of the German trench soldiers of the 1914-18 war gains even more authority in the context of the loss of life in wars that still rage from Bosnia to Kashmir - Chris Searle

Diese Publikation stellt einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Erforschung von Leben und Werk Erich Maria Remarques dar. Neben einem grundlegenden Beitrag zur Gesamtwürdigung des Autors sind Aufsätze zu Einzelfragen der Beschäftigung mit Remarque enthalten, insbesondere zu seinem Antikriegsroman „Im Westen nichts Neues“ (1928/29) und den Schriften der fünfziger Jahre wie „Der Funke Leben“, „Zeit zu leben und Zeit zu steben“ oder „Der schwarze Obelisk“. Der umfangreiche Remarque-Nachlass in der Fales-Library der New York University, aus dem erste Untersuchungsergebnisse in die Aufsätze einfließen, und die Verfilmungen nach Romanen Remarques stehen im Vordergrund weiterer Beiträge. Die Aufsätze werden ergänzt durch einen umfangreichen Abbildungsteil, der neben Faksimiles von Manuskripten und frühen Veröffentlichungen Remarques eine große Anzahl meist unveröffentlichter Fotografien, von Zeichnungen Remarques und Dokumenten zu seinem Leben enthält. Eine Auswahlbibliographie und ein Personenregister erleichtern dem Leser die Benutzung des Bandes und ermöglichen eine weiterführende Beschäftigung mit Remarque.