Black Obelisk

by Erich Maria Remarque

Denver Lindley (Editor)

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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 there’s more to life than earning a living off other people’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...Read more
  • ISBN10 1306133688
  • ISBN13 9781306133685
  • Publish Date 1 January 2013 (first published 1 April 1957)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 8 April 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Random House
  • Format eBook
  • Language English