Erich Maria Remarque
Paperback | Pages: 436 pages Rating: 4.36 | 1678 Users | 79 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Liebe Deinen Nächsten |
| ISBN: | 0449912477 (ISBN13: 9780449912478) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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FLOTSAMPolitical dissidents, Jews, medical students, petty criminals. Among the thousands of displaced persons traveling the unpaved roads of Europe, there are Steiner and Kern. Both have irritated officials for outstaying their cold two-week welcome in Czechoslovakia. And so they must leave. Not that either has any place to go. Not in 1939. But when a man is led by a guard to the border of one country, he must try another one. Until he is escorted from that one too.
Living hand-to-mouth, selling shoelaces and safety pins for a few pennies, there are still pleasures to be had in such a life. Paris, for one; love for another. For amidst the heartless cruelty and cold-blooded laws of the Nazi state, there is still humanity and kindness. And there is incomparable joy in falling in love, surviving, and telling your story so it is never forgotten.
Point Containing Books Flotsam
| Title | : | Flotsam |
| Author | : | Erich Maria Remarque |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 436 pages |
| Published | : | December 17th 2013 by Random House Trade (first published 1939) |
| Categories | : | Classics. Fiction. European Literature. German Literature. War. Historical. Historical Fiction |
Rating Containing Books Flotsam
Ratings: 4.36 From 1678 Users | 79 ReviewsPiece Containing Books Flotsam
One of the best books that I've ever read. One of the best creations of Remarque. Splendid narrative, such real storyline that actually depicts how the scenarios were back in the late 1930s, the years just preceding the Second World War. The title of the book is quite self-explanatory. The literal meaning of "Flotsam" is the floating wreckage of a ship. In this novel, Remarque skillfully sketches the lives of those ill-fated emigrants wandering across Europe just to breathe freely under the openIn this world a piece of paper is more important then person's life. Good book.
Having read all the novels published by Remarque during his lifetimeand loving every onethis one is my favorite. It is set in the mid-30s and follows three main characters who are stateless exiles driven out of their homes in Nazi Germany. This was a topic Remarque understood intimately, much as he did the experiences of a soldier in All Quiet on the Western Front.Remarque's novels tell stories of common people who live through major episodes of German history. In this story one gets an intimate
Remarque má tak zasraně smutný knížky.Flotsam, called also "Love thy neighbor" in Czech, is a novel from an immigrant's perspective of World war II.It has two overlapping storylines: one of Ludvík Kern, a half-Jew, his day to day survival and his lovestory with Ruth, another immigrant, and of Steiner: an old politician with the same fate, but more experience, than Kern. The two are very close friends and both meet with the cynicism, sadness, tragedy, but also the warmness between people in times
Having read all the novels published by Remarque during his lifetimeand loving every onethis one is my favorite. It is set in the mid-30s and follows three main characters who are stateless exiles driven out of their homes in Nazi Germany. This was a topic Remarque understood intimately, much as he did the experiences of a soldier in All Quiet on the Western Front.Remarque's novels tell stories of common people who live through major episodes of German history. In this story one gets an intimate
He was full of an unformulated gray sadness.*The music swept over her like a warm raina warm, monotonous rain from which memory arose tormentingly.*Whatever your heart says, is right. Throw yourself into it. But dont get caught halfway.*You oughtnt to keep anything from your former life. Nothing at all. And you oughtnt to look back. That just makes you weary and useless.*He sat there quietly waiting for the pain and surprised that it did not come. There was only a dead feeling, an immense
Heartbreaking.--"...you'll find out, when you've been out in the world a while longer, unhappiness is the commonest thing there is"
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