The protagonist of this book agonizes over (*) killing the Frenchman Gerard Duval, and receives Kemmerich's unused boots.
This book opens with a note that it "is to be neither an accusation nor a confession," and Arthur Wesley Wheen originally translated it into English. This book is narrated in the first person until its end, which notes a day "so quiet and still" a report contains a single sentence. The protagonist of this book agonizes over (*) killing the Frenchman Gerard Duval, and receives Kemmerich's unused boots. One chapter after his friend Kat dies in his arms, the protagonist Paul Bäumer ["boy-mer"] is reported dead as well. For 10 points, name this notably unheroic novel by Erich Maria Remarque about the experiences of German soldiers in World War One.
This book opens with a note that it "is to be neither an accusation nor a confession," and Arthur Wesley Wheen originally translated it into English.
All Quiet on the Western Front (or Im Westen nichts Neues or anything similar to No News in the West)