Spanish language
Published Dec. 24, 1997 by Editorial Porrúa.
Este es el testimonio de Paul Bäumer, que se alista con sus compañeros de clase en el ejército alemán de la Primera Guerra Mundial. Estos jóvenes se convierten en entusiastas soldados, pero su mundo de deberes, cultura y progreso se rompe en pedazos bajo el primer bombardeo en las trincheras.A través de años de vívido horror, Paul se aferra a un único voto: luchar contra el odio que enfrenta sin sentido a jóvenes de la misma generación pero con diferentes uniformes... si sólo puede salir vivo de la guerra.
Erich must have been to war, there is no other way he could have done such a good job describing the horrors, joys, banalities, and excitement of rest war. There is no other way he could have known how a person becomes completely changed by it, hollowed out by it, and yet must continue on. If he hasn't, he is an even better writer still.
Good lordt. What a book. I’m some ways it’s hard to believe this is 95 years old. In other ways it’s easy to believe. Nothing had changed. Humans are humans. War is horrible. Aside from the setting or technology this book could’ve been written about prehistoric tribal warfare or the seemingly inevitable WWIII.
Not sure why I haven’t heard more about this other than “there’s a movie adaptation”. This should be required reading in school.
