A Time To Love and a Time to Die selling by Erich Maria Remarque

selling This UK first edtion of "A Time to Love and a Time to Die" by Erich Maria Remarque was published by Hutchinson in 1954.

Details:
This hardcover is in fine condition. The dust jack is in good condition with some shelf wear at the top edge of the spine.

Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip.


The Story:
After two years at the Russian front, Ernst Graeber finally receives three weeks' leave. But since leaves have been canceled before, he decides not to write his parents, fearing he would just raise their hopes.

Then, when Graeber arrives home, he finds his house bombed to ruin and his parents nowhere in sight. Nobody knows if they are dead or alive. As his leave draws to a close, Graeber reaches out to Elisabeth, a childhood friend. Like him, she is imprisoned in a world she did not create. But in a time of war, love seems a world away. And sometimes, temporary comfort can lead to something unexpected and redeeming. (Amazon)

The Author:
Erich Maria Remarque, who was born in Germany, was drafted into the German army during World War I. Through the hazardous years following the war he worked at many occupations: schoolteacher, small-town drama critic, race-car driver, editor of a sports magazine.

His first novel, "All Quiet on the Western Front", was published in Germany in 1928. A brilliant success, selling more than a million copies, it was the first of many literary triumphs. When the Nazis came to power, Remarque left Germany for Switzerland. He rejected all attempts to persuade him to return, and as a result he lost his German citizenship, his books were burned, and his films banned. He went to the United States in 1938 and became a citizen in 1947. (Biblio)