All Quiet on the Western Front

用小說對抗那個陷入戰爭狂熱的年代，
讓歐美為之震撼的世紀經典！

第一次世界大戰時，十九歲的保羅與他的同學們在學校老師的感召下，懷抱著英雄情節與愛國心來到德國西線戰場。
面對著殘酷冰冷的殺戮戰場，他們越來越迷惘，越來越困惑，究竟為何而戰？
一起來的同學一個又一個的倒下，一直到最後一位同學倒下…
而送回德國的戰報上只有一句話：西線無戰事。

「我們年紀很輕，才20歲…這些年來，我們的工作就是殺人－－這是我們有生以來第一個職業。我們對於人生的知識僅只限於死亡。今後還會發生什麼事情？我們將會變成什麼樣子呢？」

【本書並非控訴，也非懺悔】
它試圖報導一個被戰爭摧毀的世代──儘管有些人得以在砲火下倖免於難。

【被譽為史上最偉大的歐洲小說】
本書是史上最著名的反戰小說，作者雷馬克在親身經歷第一次世界大戰後所著，出版即轟動當時德國社會，但因反戰內容而被納粹德國政府查禁焚毀，雷馬克也因此流亡海外。本書也先後在世界各地掀起反戰書籍熱潮。

本書介出自好讀出版《西線無戰事》

Widely acclaimed as the greatest war novel of all time, this classic tale of a young German soldier's harrowing experiences in the trenches of World War I is the basis for an Academy Award-winning film. With an introduction by bestselling author Sebastian Faulks.

When twenty-year-old Paul Bäumer and his classmates enlist in the German army during World War I, they are full of youthful enthusiam. But the world of duty, culture, and progress they had been taught to believe in shatters under the first brutal bombardment in the trenches. Through the ensuing years of horror, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principle of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same generation but different uniforms against one another.

Erich Maria Remarque's classic novel not only portrays in vivid detail the combatants' physical and mental trauma, but dramatizes as well the tragic detachment from civilian life felt by many upon returning home. Remarque's stated intention--"to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war"--remains as powerful and relevant as ever, a century after that conflict's end.