About the book: year / The book presents a fictionalized biography of the great German humanist writer Erich Maria Remarque, who created surprisingly subtle, sad, poignant novels about people who are forced to confront the ruthless machine of mass murder and the insane ideas of Nazism. Remarque's books remain in demand today, when both world wars have become deep history. Biographical stories about Remarque are illustrated with rare photographs taken at different periods of his life..