On the hundredth anniversary of the end of World War I: a hardcover edition of the classic tale of a young German soldier's harrowing experiences in the trenches, widely acclaimed as the greatest war novel of all time.
When twenty-year-old Paul Bäumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiam. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught to believe in shatters under the first brutal bombardment in the trenches. Through the ensuing years of horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another. Erich Maria Remarque's classic novel not only portrays in vivid detail the combatants' physical and mental trauma, but dramatizes as well the tragic detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home. Remarque's stated intention--"to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war"--remains as powerful and relevant as ever, a century after that conflict's end.
“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
ERICH MARIA REMARQUE was born in Germany in 1898 and drafted into the German army during World War I. His novel All Quiet on the Western Front was published in 1928 and was an instant best seller. When the Nazis came to power, Remarque left Germany for Switzerland; he lost his German citizenship, his books were burned, and his films banned. He went to the United States in 1938 and became a citizen in 1947. He later lived in Switzerland with his second wife, the actress Paulette Goddard. He died in September 1970
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从文学结构上来看,这本书的节奏把控得堪称教科书级别。它巧妙地在紧张的战斗场面与士兵短暂的喘息之间进行切换,这种强烈的对比不仅让读者得以喘息,更重要的是,它突显了“正常生活”的不可复制性。每当主人公们试图恢复一点点“人性”的痕迹——比如修理一双旧靴子,或者偷偷阅读一封家信——命运的齿轮就无情地再次转动,将他们拖回泥泞之中。这种结构上的张弛有度,使得全书的叙事张力始终保持在高位,没有一处多余的赘述。它不是简单的时间线推进,而是关于“创伤累积”的心理侧写,每一个事件都像是往已经布满裂痕的容器里又注入了一滴酸液,直到最终的崩塌,那种宿命感令人窒息。
评分对于任何想要理解“一代人被战争如何彻底重塑”的读者来说,这本书都是一个绕不开的参照点。它深刻地揭示了战争对身份认同的毁灭性影响。那些曾经充满理想主义色彩的年轻人,在经历了无数次生死考验后,他们所珍视的价值体系完全颠覆了。他们不再是单纯的“国民”或“英雄”,而异化成了纯粹的生存机器,对道德、荣誉这些词汇变得异常敏感和疏离。作者通过对战友间那种深厚却又带着死亡阴影的友谊的刻画,展现了在极端环境中,人类情感的某种扭曲与升华。这种情感纽带,既是他们活下去的动力,也是他们最终难以回归常态的证明,提供了一种复杂而深刻的人性洞察。
评分这本作品的语言风格极其克制,却蕴含着巨大的情感张力。它不是那种声嘶力竭的控诉,而更像是一份冷静到近乎麻木的记录,正因如此,它所传达出的悲凉才更具穿透力。作者似乎深谙“少即是多”的表达精髓,寥寥数语,便能勾勒出整个时代背景下的荒谬与绝望。我特别留意到作者在描写自然景物与战争场景对比时的手法——平静的田野、突如其来的雷鸣,与人类制造的恐怖形成了鲜明的对照,这种对比手法极大地增强了文本的悲剧色彩。它成功地避开了说教的陷阱,而是通过最直接的感官体验,将战争的非人化本质烙印在读者心头。读这本书,就像是站在一个幽深的矿井口,虽然光线微弱,但那份冰冷的真实感,足以让人脊背发凉。
评分我不得不说,这本书在处理“创伤后遗症”这个问题上,展现了超越其时代背景的深刻洞察力。它不仅仅记录了战斗的惨烈,更重要的是,它探讨了幸存者内心深处的持久伤痕。战争结束了,但对某些人而言,真正的战场才刚刚开始——那是与记忆和失落感的永恒搏斗。书中那种挥之不去的阴影,那种对和平的陌生感和不适感,远比死亡本身更令人心悸。它让我反思,战争带走的不仅仅是生命,更是未来回归常态的能力。作者以一种近乎预言的姿态,描绘了那些从前线归来的人,如何成为自己世界的局外人,这种疏离感,构成了全书最沉重,也是最持久的回响。
评分这本书的叙事视角真是让人沉浸其中,作者似乎完全摒弃了宏大叙事,而是将镜头聚焦于最前线的个体士兵。你几乎能闻到战壕里泥土、汗水和硝烟混合在一起的刺鼻气味。那些年轻的面孔,原本对战争抱有某种浪漫的幻想,却被残酷的现实碾压得粉碎。我尤其欣赏作者对于日常细节的捕捉,比如如何在极度缺乏物资的情况下分享一块发霉的面包,或者在短暂的休战时刻,对家乡那份近乎奢侈的思念。这种对个体生存挣扎的细致描摹,远比空洞的口号更能震撼人心。它没有渲染英雄主义,反而毫不留情地撕开了战争华丽外衣下的腐臭,让人深刻体会到,在那种环境下,“活着”本身就是一种近乎奇迹的消耗。每一次炮击的间隙,每一次对新兵的眼神审视,都充满了对生命脆弱性的哲学反思,让人在掩卷之后,仍久久不能平静。
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