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The Road Back

A Novel

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The Road Back

By: Erich Maria Remarque, A.W. Wheen - Translator
Narrated by: Graham Halstead
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The sequel to the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Road Back is a classic novel of the slow return of peace to Europe in the years following World War I.

After four grueling years, the Great War has finally ended. Now Ernst and the few men left from his company cannot help wondering what will become of them. The town they departed as eager young men seems colder, their homes smaller, the reasons their comrades had to die even more inexplicable. For Ernst and his friends, the road back to peace is more treacherous than they ever imagined. Suffering food shortages, political unrest, and a broken heart, Ernst undergoes a crisis that teaches him what there is to live for - and what he has that no one can ever take away.

©1958 Erich Maria Remarque (P)2018 Recorded Books Classics Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction War & Military Heartfelt War

Critic reviews

"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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Although often characterised as the poor cousin of the (superior) All Quiet on the Western Front, I personally found this to be the better book of the two; it is beautifully descriptive and moving. It could only have been written by someone who (clearly) had first hand experience of the events of the time.

Brilliant

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Shame about the American accent as the book was written by a German. Enjoyed the book though

Good listening. Well written

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loved the story line, characters,, very. well narrated, overall excellent and a most. enjoyable experience thank you

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