The Promised Land
by Erich Maria Remarque
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Pub Date 12 Feb 2015 | Archive Date 30 Nov 2014
Random House UK, Vintage Publishing | Vintage Digital
Description
The final, previously unpublished novel by the author of All Quiet on the Western Front - a dreamlike, powerfully moving account of an emigrant's experience of New York during World War II.
From the detention centre on Ellis Island, Ludwig Somner looks across a small stretch of water to the glittering towers of New York, which whisper seductively of freedom after so many years of wandering through a perlious, suffering Europe.
Remarque's final novel, left unfinished at his death, tells of the precarious life of the refugee – life lived in hotel lobbies, on false passports, the strange, ill-assorted refugee community held together by an unspeakable past. For Somner, each new luxury - ice cream served in drugstores, bright shop windows, art, a new suit, a new romance - has a bittersweet edge. Memories of war and inhumanity continue to resurface even in this peaceful promised land.
A Note From the Publisher
UK edition – avialable to read in UK, Commonwealth, Europe excluding Canada.
Advance Praise
Praise for Erich Maria Remarque:
'Remarque is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank' New York Review of Books
'A great writer ... He is a craftsman of unquestionably first trank, a man who can bend language to his will' New York Times
'Remarkable, humane, poignant' The Telegraph
'Remarque's evocation of the horrors of modern warfare has lost none of its force' The Times
Marketing Plan
From the author of All Quiet on the Western Front, a national curriculum stalwart and key title on the Vintage Classics list - sells between 15,000-20,000 copies each year
The Promised Land has been translated into English before (as Shadows in Paradise) but it was ruthlessly abridged and edited. This is the first time Remarque’s original final novel will be published in the UK.
A brand new translation from acclaimed translator Michael Hofmann, who can always be relied on as a champion for his projects
Published in time for Armistice commemorations on the 100th anniversary of the end of WW1.
For fans of lost classics like Alone in Berlin, as well as Frank McCourt's Tis or Rose Tremain's The Road Home
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781448138265 |
| PRICE | £9.98 (GBP) |
