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Station At The Horizon
''Station at the Horizon'' (german: Station am Horizont) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin .... The book describes the search for love of a veteran and an former race car driver, Kai, who is torn between Barbara, a girl from the village, Maud, an American middle-class woman, and Lilian Dunquerke, a countess. The novel was first published in 1927/28, in a German sports magazine Sport im Bild. However, it was not published as a book until 1998. References * https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16092288-station-at-the-horizon?rating=5 Novels by Erich Maria Remarque Kiepenheuer & Witsch books Motorsports in fiction {{1920s-romance-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erich Maria Remarque
Erich Maria Remarque (, ; born Erich Paul Remark; 22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was a German-born novelist. His landmark novel '' All Quiet on the Western Front'' (1928), based on his experience in the Imperial German Army during World War I, was an international bestseller which created a new literary genre, and was adapted into multiple films. Remarque's anti-war themes led to his condemnation by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as "unpatriotic". He was able to use his literary success to relocate to Switzerland and the United States, where he became a naturalized citizen. Early life Remarque was born on 22 June 1898, as Erich Paul Remark, to Peter Franz Remark and Anna Maria (), a working-class Roman Catholic family in Osnabrück. He was never close with his father, a bookbinder, but he was close with his mother and he began using the middle name Maria after World War I in her honor. Remarque was the third of four children of Peter and Anna. His siblin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
