Name: Three Comrades
ISBN: 9781306166379

Three Comrades

The year is 1928. On the outskirts of a large German city, three young men are earning a thin and precarious living. Fully armed young storm troopers swagger in the streets. Restlessness, poverty, and violence are everywhere. For these three, friendship is the only refuge from the chaos around them. Then the youngest of them falls in love, and brings into the group a young woman who will become a comrade as well, as they are all tested in ways they can never have imagined....Written with the same overwhelming simplicity and directness that made All Quiet on the Western Front a classic, Three Comrades portrays the greatness of the human spirit, manifested through characters who must find the inner resources to live in a world they did not make, but must endure.

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eamagFeb 2025

- Three Comrades by Erich Maria Remarque

- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

- and also somehow The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life by Mark Manson

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VincentEvansNov 2022

“All quiet on Western front”, as well as the follow up novels “Three Comrades” and “Arc de Triumph” by Erich Maria Remarque.

I’ve read it when I was in my late teens / early twenties and it sort of changed my outlook on things. My then very naive and straightforward view of the world where right and wrong are obvious was shattered. It’s kind of made me sad and that sadness has remained with me ever since.

Since that time it’s been my answer to a question about a book that has had the most impact on me.

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Kenneth39Jul 2022

Regardless of taste preferences, it seems most logical to take with you some massive franchise. At least because there is more action, more characters, and therefore more room for thought.

But as for me, I would prefer Erich Maria Remarque's Three Comrades. It's simple, it's short, but it has so much life in it.

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