{"product_id":"three-comrades-9780449912423","title":"Three Comrades","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front\u003c\/i\u003e comes \u003ci\u003eThree Comrades, \u003c\/i\u003ea harrowing novel that follows a group of friends as they cope with upheaval in Germany between World Wars I and II.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos around them. Then the youngest of them falls in love, and brings into the group a young woman who will become a comrade as well, as they are all tested in ways they can have never imagined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written with the same overwhelming simplicity and directness that made \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front \u003c\/i\u003ea classic, \u003ci\u003eThree Comrades \u003c\/i\u003eportrays the greatness of the human spirit, manifested through characters who must find the inner resources to live in a world they did not make, but must endure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"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.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErich Maria Remarque\u003c\/b\u003e, who was born in Germany, was drafted into the German army during World War I. Through the hazardous years following the war he worked at many occupations: schoolteacher, small-town drama critic, race-car driver, editor of a sports magazine. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in Germany in 1928. A brilliant success, selling more than a million copies, it was the first of many literary triumphs. When the Nazis came to power, Remarque left Germany for Switzerland. He rejected all attempts to persuade him to return, and as a result he lost his German citizenship, his books were burned, and his films banned. He went to the United States in 1938 and became a citizen in 1947. He later lived in Switzerland with his second wife, the actress Paulette Goddard. He died in September 1970.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Trade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50324666614034,"sku":"9780449912423","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ea4fe30f-162f-436f-b001-949a29fc719c.jpg?v=1727670022","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/three-comrades-9780449912423","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}