The Road Back

A Novel

By: Erich Maria Remarque, A.W. Wheen - Translator

Narrated by: Graham Halstead

The sequel to the masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, The Road Back is a classic novel of the slow return of peace to Europe in the years following World War I.

After four grueling years, the Great War has finally ended. Now Ernst and the few men left from his company cannot help wondering what will become of them. The town they departed as eager young men seems colder, their homes smaller, the reasons their comrades had to die even more inexplicable. For Ernst and his friends, the road back to peace is more treacherous than they ever imagined. Suffering food shortages, political unrest, and a broken heart, Ernst undergoes a crisis that teaches him what there is to live for - and what he has that no one can ever take away.

©1958 Erich Maria Remarque (P)2018 Recorded Books

Critic reviews

"The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank, a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature, his touch is sensitive, firm, and sure." (The New York Times Book Review)

Remarque’s embrace

What a heartfelt homage this is to the lost generation. And how warm was the delivery from the reader. Now this is how all those that have survived war and conflict feel, think, speak, and live.

Great addition to the previous book

I really enjoy this author use of words and description of events.
This book isn't fully like the first one, but the aftermath of war and the road home again.
It gives a glimpse of PTSD, family life adjustment, and struggles for rights as a vet.

I really enjoyed the performance and overall story.

Better than the first.

Great narration, superb story, heavy subject matter that is still relevant today. A must listen!

Beautiful and powerful

A powerful account of a young man who went through the unspeakable horrors of war and the psychological aftermath affecting him and his comrades and their families. This should be required reading for teenagers so they remember it, should they ever be seduced to support war at any point in the future. Beautifully written.

Great Successor to All Quiet on the Western Front

If you admired Remarque's masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front, you'll be captivated by this as well. The author's perspective could only come from one who experienced the Great War himself. His language is simple, poetic, authentic, and a great tribute to all who suffered, both during the war and when they returned home.