Erich Maria Remarque
From the author of the masterpiece ,All Quiet on the Western Front, The Black Obelisk, is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of World War I in Germany.,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 thereâ€™s more to life than earning a living off other peopleâ€™s misfortunes.,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 salvationâ€”who will free him from his obsession to find meaning in a war-torn world. But there comes a time in every manâ€™s life when he must choose to liveâ€”despite the prevailing thread of history horrifically repeating itself.
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The Black Obelisk