tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764001039642101892.post4161516274991690336..comments2024-03-11T10:53:02.557-07:00Comments on Kahn's Corner: 1929: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueMatt Kahnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07036604086152459854noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764001039642101892.post-27936816997967584562021-06-25T16:57:24.397-07:002021-06-25T16:57:24.397-07:00I wonder why you care about such trivial? I wonder why you care about such trivial? FDRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06987676214157655750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764001039642101892.post-54490811212010448362013-07-30T20:58:58.467-07:002013-07-30T20:58:58.467-07:00Strange--I wonder why the movie poster lists Lewis...Strange--I wonder why the movie poster lists Lewis Aines, instead of Lew Ayres? dbayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00365540936008408381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764001039642101892.post-63786042826188904172013-06-05T12:03:04.345-07:002013-06-05T12:03:04.345-07:00I'm glad you read and blogged about WWI. Not m...I'm glad you read and blogged about WWI. Not many people realize what a brutal war it was.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ManOfLaBook.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ManOfLaBook.com</a>Man of la Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11561603511163982556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764001039642101892.post-30786915136182344872013-06-04T16:55:54.684-07:002013-06-04T16:55:54.684-07:00I recently read this novel. I think I expected a l...I recently read this novel. I think I expected a lot of noble, sentiment, but what I got was an incredibly vibrant book, full of life, action, and an almost cinematic realism. Yes, the book is anti-war, but it succeeds as an anti- war novel because it imbues it's characters with such life that you feel the tragic waste in every loss of life. I had never imagined that a novel this old--and a "classic" to boot--would be so filled with life!Paul Gottliebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14062464400324829622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764001039642101892.post-77408543518007741502013-06-03T17:33:44.168-07:002013-06-03T17:33:44.168-07:00I've read this twice and think of it as one of...I've read this twice and think of it as one of the "War is bad" books. But by now, that message has been said and shown so many times. I'm thinking now the real question for literature to address is not, "Is war bad?" or "How bad is war?" but, "Since we've all been saying that war is bad for so many years, how come we keep engaging in it? What's the attraction? Why do we keep sticking our hands in that fan blade even though we know it's going to be a gory mess?"Jennifer R. Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03408588432492354248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764001039642101892.post-53451731812197852562013-06-03T05:48:40.196-07:002013-06-03T05:48:40.196-07:00I agree with everything you wrote. I don't kno...I agree with everything you wrote. I don't know how Remarque did it, but he managed to write beautifully about horrible things. It's heart-wrenching. Camilla P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16485801354401001846noreply@blogger.com