The Road Back
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The Road Back is a 1931 novel by Erich Maria Remarque that follows German soldiers struggling to readjust to civilian life after the trauma of World War I, serving as a companion to his famous work All Quiet on the Western Front.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Road Back canonical | 2 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Erich Maria Remarque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| createdBy | Erich Maria Remarque NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depictsEvent |
demobilization of German soldiers
ⓘ
return from the Western Front ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
postwar German society
ⓘ
veterans’ struggle for normality ⓘ |
| follows | German soldiers ⓘ |
| genre |
anti-war novel
ⓘ
historical fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
World War I veterans
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
civilian life after war ⓘ moral injury ⓘ social change in postwar Germany ⓘ |
| hasType | companion novel ⓘ |
| isSequelOrCompanionTo | All Quiet on the Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | German ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
German literature of the Weimar Republic
ⓘ
interwar literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
difficulty of reintegration into civilian life
ⓘ
disillusionment with war ⓘ loss of youth and innocence ⓘ psychological trauma of war ⓘ veterans’ alienation ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
continuation of themes from All Quiet on the Western Front
ⓘ
portrayal of veterans’ psychological scars ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| partOf | Erich Maria Remarque’s World War I cycle ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1931 ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War I aftermath NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
conflict between veterans and civilian society
ⓘ
effects of war on individuals ⓘ loss of comradeship after war ⓘ search for meaning after combat ⓘ |
| timeSetting | post-1918 Germany ⓘ |
| tone |
realistic
ⓘ
somber ⓘ |
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