The Road Back

“The Road Back” by Erich Maria Remarque is a 1930 novel, translated into this English version in 1931, entering public domain in the US and Canada and detailing the struggles of German soldiers attempting to reintegrate into civilian life after World War I. As a very worthy sequel to the 1929 classic “All Quiet on the Western Front,” it explores the soldiers' disillusionment, trauma, and bitterness as they return to a morally bankrupt, post-war society that has forgotten them, often finding it impossible to adapt.