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The Black Obelisk

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First published: 1956
Pages: 335

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The book 'The Black Obelisk' is written by Erich Maria Remarque. It is a novel and it is set in Germany in the early 1920s, a period marked by hyperinflation and rising nationalism. In the story, the character, Ludwig, is a World War I veteran who works for a monument company, selling stone markers to the survivors of deceased loved ones.

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Erich Maria Remarque

All Quiet on the Western Front sold more than a million copies in its first year and was written by a man whose own time at the front lasted a matter of weeks before he was wounded, which his enemies used against him for the rest of his life.