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Everyone who has read "All Quiet on the Western Front" will unconditionally oppose all wars! Anti-war classic! The true description of the war by Remarque, a witness of World War I! The war broke out, and 19-year-old Paul and his classmates were sent to the battlefield. On the front lines, all you can see is blood, limbs and death. The war destroyed everything and life stopped on the battlefield. He longs for emotion, life, family and salvation, but can't find the direction. In October 1918, Paul was killed in action. That day, the entire front line was silent, and the military newspaper only wrote one sentence: All peace on the Western Front.

This autobiographical novel mainly describes the lives and feelings of eight ordinary soldiers in the trenches on the Western Front during World War I. It is divided into 12 chapters. The story unfolds through the personal narration of the protagonist Paul Boymer. During World War I, 19-year-old Paul Boymer was inspired by "patriotism" and volunteered to join the army with his classmates. However, the cruelty of war and military life was completely beyond imagination. In boot camp, they are forced to abandon their former faith in knowledge and freedom and undergo a radical transformation. After a short training, the recruits were sent to the front line to fight, and what they saw and heard was cruel: the trenches were full of rats and lice; severe infectious diseases threatened the life of every soldier; comrades were killed one by one, or were injured and sent to field hospitals; the field hospitals were poorly equipped and lacked medicines, and the mortality rate of injured patients was extremely high. When Paul returned home on vacation, he found that Germany was still immersed in heroic fantasies about war. Ordinary people could not imagine the disasters suffered by soldiers on the front line. He was completely out of touch with his previous life, and no one could understand his feelings. Paul returns to the front line. At this time, the war is becoming more and more fierce, and the future is confused...

The original novel of the two-time Oscar-winning film and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, the original literal translation was released in 1929. Paul, a 19-year-old student, ignorantly signed up to join the war. He was forced to abandon his previous belief in knowledge and freedom and undergo a complete transformation. Life on the front line was always shrouded in fear and despair. Paul witnessed his close comrades dying one after another. In order to protect himself, he had to kill enemy soldiers, but he suddenly realized that the enemy in front of him was a living person like him, suffering the same pain, dying, and missing his family. Before joining the army, Paul was just an ordinary student; after joining the army, he could no longer foresee his future. Paul felt that his life had been completely changed... This book was first published in 1929 and has been translated into more than 50 languages ​​around the world and is loved by many readers. The film of the same name adapted from the book has won multiple Oscars, and the author Remarque was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for writing the novel.