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A fire burns in their hearts - a thirst for life!

The theme of a person who, despite all the horrors of war, has not lost the ability to love and friendship, is one of the leading ones in Remarque's work. Having gone through the trenches and survived the First World War, young people are looking for themselves in a new world where there are no deaths, no grenades exploding and no comrades-in-arms dying. In their hearts, an unquenchable fire burns and drives them forward - the thirst for life.

Paul Boimer and his classmates got into the trenches from school. Looking into the steely eyes of war, these boys cannot believe that one day it will end, that peaceful life will come. Will these battle-scarred young men find their place in it? But this will be later, and now... («On the Western Front without changes.)

They came back from the war. They survived. And now they have to move on with their lives. However, everything that was important before suddenly loses its meaning. Despite fear, hopelessness, and loneliness, the heroes must find a new meaning in life («Return»)

About the author:

Erich Maria Remarque is one of the most famous writers of the twentieth century. His anti-war novels All Quiet on the Western Front, The Three Comrades, and The Arc de Triomphe are real global sensations that remain relevant to this day. Along with Hemingway and Aldington, Remarque is one of the iconic figures of the literary movement of the Lost Generation.