The Road Back

1931 novel by Erich Maria Remarque

The Road Back

First edition cover

Author| Erich Maria Remarque
Original title| Der Weg zurück
Translator| Arthur Wesley Wheen
Country| Germany
Language| German
Genre| War novel
Publisher| Propyläen Verlag (German)
Little, Brown & Co (English)

Publication date

| April 1931

Published in English

| May 1931
Media type| Print (Hardback)
OCLC| 909194
Preceded by| All Quiet on the Western Front

The Road Back, also translated as The Way Back,[1] (German: Der Weg zurück) is a novel by German author Erich Maria Remarque, commonly regarded as a sequel to his 1929 novel All Quiet on the Western Front.[1][2] It was first serialized in the German newspaper Vossische Zeitung between December 1930 and January 1931, and published in book form in April 1931.

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Reception
* 3 Adaptations
* 4 English translations
* 5 References

## Plot[edit]

Although the book follows different characters from those in All Quiet on the Western Front, it can be assumed that they were in the same company, as the characters recall other characters from the earlier novel. Tjaden is the only member of the 2nd Company to feature prominently in both books.

Set a few weeks after the end of All Quiet on the Western Front, novel the deals with the fall of the German Empire[2] and details the experience of young men in Germany who have returned from the trenches of World War I and are trying to integrate back into civilian life. Its most salient feature is the main characters' pessimism about contemporary society which, they feel, is morally bankrupt because it has allegedly caused the war and apparently does not wish to reform itself.

## Reception[edit]

The book was banned during Nazi rule.[2]

## Adaptations[edit]

* 1937, The Road Back – motion picture directed by James Whale and starring, among others, Noah Beery Jr. and Richard Cromwell.

## English translations[edit]

* Brian Murdoch, as The Way Back. Published in 2019 by Vintage Classics, ISBN 9781784875268.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c The Way Back. Vintage Classics. 2019. ISBN 9781784875268.
2. ^ a b c https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Road-Back-by-Remarque

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Novels by Erich Maria Remarque

* The Dream Room (1920)
* Gam (1924)
* Station at the Horizon (1928)
* All Quiet on the Western Front (1929)
* The Road Back (1931)
* Three Comrades (1936)
* Flotsam (1939)
* Arch of Triumph (1945)
* The Spark of Life (1952)
* A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1954)
* The Black Obelisk (1956)
* Heaven Has No Favorites (1961)
* The Night in Lisbon (1962)
* The Promised Land (1970)
* Shadows in Paradise (1971)

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Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front

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* All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
* All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
* All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

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* "All Quiet on the Western Front" (song)
* The Road Back (sequel)
* film adaptation

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