The novel «Black Obelisk», published in 1956, continues the theme of the «lost generation» — the soldiers who returned from the First World War, started by Remarque in the works «All Quiet on the Western Front», «Return», «Three Comrades». The release of the novel «Black Obelisk» coincided with the height of the Cold War, so it is not surprising that the book, among other things, traces the author’s fears about the threat of the Third World War, considers possible scenarios for the development of our future.
The protagonist of the novel, Ludwig Bodmer, returns home from the front and tries to find his place in a peaceful life that has become unusual and seemingly so complex. This is the period between the two world wars. The period of the birth of fascism. The country is in crisis. What can help you survive this terrible time? Of course: friendship, irony, love and … work. Even if you work for a tombstone company …
The publication was carried out within the framework of an agreement with the Lethe Paulette Remarque Foundation with / o Literary Agency Morbux and Literary Agency Synopsis
© by The Estate of Late Paulette Remarque 1956
© translation by V. Stanevich (heirs)
© & ℗ SP Vorobiev V.A.
© & ℗ ID SOYUZ
Producer of the publication: Vladimir Vorobyov
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