All Quiet on the Western Front

Brief Overview

All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel about World War I, written by Erich Maria Remarque, which tells the story of a German soldier, Paul Bäumer, and his comrades. This book is an anti-war work that reveals the horrors of war, whose destructive impact leads to the physical and moral exhaustion of soldiers. The main theme is the complete alienation of young people who fought on the front lines from the peaceful life they knew before the war. The author vividly describes the daily hardships, the deaths of comrades, and the change in the protagonists' perception of the world.