Erich Maria Remarque

The sequel to All Quiet on the Western Front, one of the most powerful novels of the First World War and a twentieth-century classic. After four gruelling years the survivors of the Great War finally make their way home. Young, spirited Ernst is one. Finding himself inexplicably returned to his childhood bedroom, …

Spark of Life is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, which appeared both in German and in English in 1952. The novel is set in the fictional Mellern concentration/labor camp during the Holocaust.

A guide to Remarque's novel features a biographical sketch of the author, a list of characters, a summary of the plot, and critical interpretations of the work.

A haunting classic from the author of All Quiet on the Western Front, Shadows in Paradise reveals the deepest scars of the men and women who experienced the Holocaust. After years of hiding and surviving near death in a concentration camp, Ross is finally safe. Now living in New York City among old friends, far from …