THE TRUTH ABOUT WAR
GERMAN’S NOTABLE BOOK STARK, GRIPPING RECORD (United Service) LONDON, Friday. Elerr Erich Maria Remarque’s book, to whieh Sir lan Hamilton referred in his speech at the Gallipoli Day dinner, has had a remarkable success, 250,000 copies having been sold in Germany in six weeks. An admirable English translation by an Australian, Mr. A. H. Wheen, has been widely read and reviewed in Birtain. Herr Remarque was an 18-year-old schoolboy when the war broke out. He volunteered with his entire class and served for the duration of the war. He saw his schoolmates slain one by one. The book is a stark, yet gripping, autobiographical record of the agonies of the German private soldier’s trench life. Sometimes it is revolting in the course of its simplicity, but it carries the stamp of truth in every line. Sir lan Hamilton said the author deserved the Nobel Peace Prize for 10 years in succession.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 649, 29 April 1929, Page 11
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