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040			_aAIS
100			_aErich Maria Remarque
245			_aThe Black Obelisk
082			_a833.9
250			_a1st
260			_aNew York _bCrest Book _c1957
520			_aFrom the author of the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Black Obelisk is a classic novel of the troubling aftermath of World War I in Germany. A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works for a monument company, selling stone markers to the survivors of deceased loved ones. Though ambivalent about his job, he suspects there's more to life than earning a living off other people's misfortunes. A self-professed poet, Ludwig soon senses a growing change in his fatherland, a brutality brought upon it by inflation. When he falls in love with the beautiful but troubled Isabelle, Ludwig hopes he has found a soul who will offer him salvation-who will free him from his obsession to find meaning in a war-torn world. But there comes a time in every man's life when he must choose to live-despite the prevailing thread of history horrifically repeating itself.
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655			_aClassics
655			_aFiction
655			_aWar fiction
655			_aHistorical fiction
999			_c58985 _d58985