Erich Maria Remarque ranks with Hemingway, Mann and Faulkner as one of the great novelists of the twentieth century. His anti-war novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" is now part of our permanent heritage.
The Road Back is not just a sequel to "All Quiet on the Western Front" but its necessary completion. Even more than the earlier book it shows how much more was lost in the war than men killed in action. Rough-edged, bowdy, coarse, lyrical and tragic, it has been acclaimed as the most gripping story told yet of soldiers in the post-war years.
Like the 1930 movie adaption of "All Quiet on the Western Front", it was also made into a movie. Perhaps because it is not as powerful as its predecessor, it was never released on DVD and is now almost forgotten.
