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<p><b>From the author of the masterpiece <i>All Quiet on the Western Front, The Black Obelisk</i> is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of World War I in Germany.</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><b>“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.”—<i>The New York Times Book Re

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Author

Erich Maria Remarque

Publisher

Random House Trade Paperbacks

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780449912447

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, War & Military Fiction

Rating

4.34 / 5 (6,370 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13