An early novel by Remarque, in which the main themes that would later become key in his work are only just beginning to emerge.
Racing car drivers – idols of the public and social beauties – thrive on adrenaline and earn big money, risking their lives. But the helmets of the 'kings of racing' hide the tired faces of representatives of the 'lost generation,' who have never recovered from the nightmare of the First World War…
Author: Erich Maria Remarque
Erich Maria Remarque (German: Erich Maria Remarque, born Erich Paul Remark) was one of the best-known and most widely read German writers of the twentieth century.
He was born on 22 June 1898 in Osnabrück. He was the second of five children of the bookbinder Peter Franz Remarque (1867–1954) and Anna Maria Remarque, née Stallknecht (1871–1917). In his youth, Remarque was fascinated by the works of Stefan Zweig, Thomas Mann, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Marcel Proust, and Johann Goethe.
In 1904 he entered a church school, and in 1915 a Catholic teachers’ seminary.…
