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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque takes you inside the gruesome realities of World War I through the eyes of Paul Bäumer, a sensitive teenager and typical infantryman in the German army. Enlisted with his classmates at the urging of a teacher, Paul reaches manhood during three years as a soldier. Paul's loss of innocence is the focus of the author's sentiments about patriotic myths and the lasting effects of World War I on an entire generation.

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