Arch of Triumph: Arch of Triumph: A Novel

By Erich Maria Remarque

Book Overview

The evocative story of a man without a country, Arch of Triumph is a World War II-era classic from the author of All Quiet on the Western Front . It is 1939. Despite a law banning him from performing surgery, Ravic--a German doctor and refugee living in Paris--has been treating some of the city's most elite citizens for two years on the behalf of two less-than-skillful French physicians. Forbidden to return to his own country, and dodging the everyday dangers of jail and deportation, Ravic manages to hang on--all the while searching for the Nazi who tortured him back in Germany. And though he's given up on the possibility of love, life has a curious way of taking a turn for the romantic, even during the worst of times. "The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure."-- The New York Times Book Review

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0449912450
• ISBN13: 9780449912454
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Random House Trade
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"