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| title = All Quiet on the Western Front
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| original title = Im Westen nichts Neues
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| author = Erich Maria Remarque
| central theme = [[War Is Hell]]
| elevator pitch = The story of a young German man who volunteers to fight in [[WW I}}, told from his perspective.
| genre = War novel
| publication date = 29 January 1929
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{{quote|''"This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the war."''}}
'''''All Quiet on the Western Front''''' ('''''Im Westen Nichts Neues''''') is a 1929 anti-war novel, set during [[World War I]], by famous German author and war veteran Erich Maria Remarque. It's considered to be one of the greatest and most important works in the genre. The book was a best-seller when it was first released.
Many of the elements of the narrative correspond to Remarque's own experiences, and the book has strong autobiographic undertones.
The book was a best-seller when it was first released. In 1930, an American film adaptation was made, directed by Lewis Milestone. It won the Best Picture [[Academy Award|Oscar]] and is often considered to be the [[Trope Maker]] of the modern war drama. An equally good TV adaptation was made in 1979.▼
''All Quiet on the Western Front'' is narrated by a young soldier, former grammar school student [[The Everyman|Paul Bäumer]]. [[War Is Hell|The horrors of trench warfare are described in a brutally realistic fashion]]. Further themes are [[Band of Brothers|comradeship]] and the soldiers' detachment from civilian life.
'''Adaptations:'''
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* [[All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 film)|An equally good TV-movie adaptation]] was made in 1979.
* [[All Quiet on the Western Front (2022 film)|Another film of the novel]], which won four Oscars, was released in 2022.
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* [[An Arm and a Leg]]: Paul's former classmate Albert Kropp has his leg amputated when they're wounded together. This makes him contemplate suicide, but he eventually accepts his fate. Earlier, Franz Kemmerich, another classmate of Paul's has his leg amputated, but he doesn't survive.
* [[Badass]]: Kat. Also, that one guy who was mortally wounded and lived long enough to make sure the enemy fleet was wiped out.
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