The Black Obelisk

The Black Obelisk
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 449
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ISBN-10 : 9780812985559
ISBN-13 : 0812985559
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Book Synopsis The Black Obelisk by : Erich Maria Remarque

Download or read book The Black Obelisk written by Erich Maria Remarque and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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