From the author of the masterpiece "All Quiet on the Western Front,
The Black Obelisk" is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of
World War I in Germany.
A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works
for a monument company, selling stone markers to the survivors of
deceased loved ones. Though ambivalent about his job, he suspects
there's more to life than earning a living off other people's
misfortunes.
A self-professed poet, Ludwig soon senses a growing change in his
fatherland, a brutality brought upon it by inflation. When he falls
in love with the beautiful but troubled Isabelle, Ludwig hopes he
has found a soul who will offer him salvation--who will free him
from his obsession to find meaning in a war-torn world. But there
comes a time in every man's life when he must choose to
live--despite the prevailing thread of history horrifically
repeating itself.
"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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