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Jahrgang 1902

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Ernst Glaeser

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The successful novel of 1928 is a clear, unsentimental generational book about the time of the First World War that has remarkably remained vivid. Ernst grows up in a small town in southern Germany during the late Kaiserreich, where his world initially seems intact. However, society is marked by fundamental conflicts: antisemitism, political struggles between left and right, and between the poor and the rich. The war temporarily bridges these divides, but as it drags on, the questionable nature of patriotism and the fragility of the existing order become evident. Glaeser intertwines external events with the inner life of his protagonist, who must fight for sexual experiences and his own opinions against the prudish world of his fathers and their hollow moralism. When the novel is published in 1928, it resonates with the zeitgeist and encapsulates the trauma of a generation that experienced disillusionment behind the front lines of the First World War. The book receives high praise from contemporary critics and becomes an international sensation. Erich Maria Remarque commends its sharp perspective and vividness, noting its literary value and historical significance.