Erich Maria Remarque
Paperback | Pages: 448 pages Rating: 4.37 | 9381 Users | 250 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Black Obelisk |
| Author | : | Erich Maria Remarque |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 448 pages |
| Published | : | June 9th 1998 by Random House Trade Paperbacks (first published 1956) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. European Literature. German Literature. War. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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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
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| Original Title: | Der schwarze Obelisk |
| ISBN: | 0449912442 (ISBN13: 9780449912447) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Werdenbrück,1923(Germany) |
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Ratings: 4.37 From 9381 Users | 250 ReviewsEvaluation About Books The Black Obelisk
Black Obelisk is a refreshing book, honest and with very good humor. I expected a much different context. I thought this book would be more about Hitler and I was waiting for it all along, because I would definitely enjoy it in his style of writing. Well... Hitler does make an appearance in two sentences at the end of the book. It's ok, the book is great.All-time favourite book.
I cannot recommend this novel highly enough but I realize it won't be for everyone. This is historical-fiction that puts a small German town (60,000) under a microscope for the last 9 months of 1923. The hyperinflation was caused by severe reparations demanded after WWI by the allies primarily France and Great Britain. It meant German workers were paid twice a day with a break in the morning so they could rush out with suitcases or wheelbarrows full of cash and try to buy a loaf of bread or
In this book, the author explains better than anyone else, the mechanism of the hyperinflation of the 1920's. Too bad ignorant economists haven't read this book. There are actually quite a few stories in this book that are intertwined. Each giving some perspective to the others. The author has a sly sense of humor that I enjoyed,and came through the translation process into English amazingly well.
not sure, I guess it was ok.
Brilliantly paced dialogue and dark humor meet to drown the reader in a German city of the 1920s, where inflation was pushing people to suicide and the extreme political right was gaining momentum. Ludwig works at a funeral home at a time where, day after day the Deutschmark loses more and more of its worth, in exponential steps. The economical strain on the country is well represented, as is the social environment of a small town dealing with its small people. Very, very enjoyable and worth it
This book is exceptional. Remarque had a gift, an ability to write the mundane better than any other. His language is never overblown, every word has significance and serves a purpose, you will lose yourself in his novels. Germany in the 1930's is not an easy topic but the delicacy with which Remarque handles it, the power in his language and the judgments he makes of the country, its people and of all mankind are faultless. In many ways The Black Obelisk is an anti-bildungsroman, the character
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