All Quiet on the Western Front, novel by German writer Erich Maria Remarque, published in 1929 as Im Westen nichts Neues and in the United States as All Quiet on the Western Front.
An antiwar novel set during World War I, it relies on Remarque’s personal experience in the war to depict the era’s broader disillusionment.
The book is an account of Paul Baumer’s experiences in battle and his short career as a soldier, and it is primarily concerned with the effect of war on young men
Its title, which is in the language of routine communiqués, is typical of its nonchalant terse style, which graphically records the daily horrors of war in laconic understatement.
What is All Quiet on the Western Front About?
The novel’s original German title, Im Westen nichts Neues, literally translates into English as “Nothing New in the West.” The English phrase was a colloquial expression referring to the Western Front during World War I.
Today, the phrase simply means that nothing has changed. In the novel, the title refers to the military report on the day the protagonist, Paul Baumer, dies.
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