Erich Maria Remarque has been my favourite writer almost since I started reading serious books. His landmark novel "Im Westen nichts Neues" (All Quiet on the Western Front) (1928), about the German military experience of World War I, was an international best-seller which was adapted to film in 1930 and again in 1979 - click here.
On 10 May 1933, at the initiative of the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, Remarque's writing was publicly declared as "unpatriotic" and was banned in Germany. Remarque left Germany to live at his villa in Switzerland. In 1938, Remarque's German citizenship was revoked. Just before the outbreak of World War II in Europe, he left Porto Ronco in Switzerland for the United States. In 1948, Remarque returned to Switzerland, where he spent the remainder of his life.
For my friends at the Erich Maria Remarque Readers facebook page, I've pulled together all the books by Erich Maria Remarque which can be read online. Here is the list which I hope to be able to add to in time:
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Books by Erich Maria Remarque in their English translation
All Quiet on the Western Front 1929
The Road Back 1931
Three Comrades 1937
Flotsam 1941
Arch Of Triumph 1945
Spark of Life 1952
A Time to Love and a Time to Die 1954
The Black Obelisk 1957
The Night in Lisbon 1964
Shadows in Paradise 1972
Books by Erich Maria Remarque in their original German
Drei Kameraden 1937
Der schwarze Obelisk 1957
Der Himmel Kennt Keine Günstlinge 1961
Schatten im Paradies 1972
Books about Erich Maria Remarque
Understanding Erich Maria Remarque
Erich Maria Remarque : The Last Romantic
