All Quiet on the Western Front

Japanese: 西部戦線異状なし - せいぶせんせんいじょうなし(英語表記)Im Westen nichts Neues
All Quiet on the Western Front

A full-length novel by German author Remarque. Published in 1929. The protagonist, a student volunteer named Paul, is the author's alter-ego who served in World War I. Through the soldier's wartime experiences, the author explores the meaninglessness and emptiness of war. On the desolate front line, the teachings of the gospel and reincarnation are merely the words of another life, and philosophy is merely a useless study. To a private soldier, the name of the Fatherland is worthless. The fragility of human life, which is governed by chance, is clearly shown by Paul's death in battle, but it ends with a single report that "all is well." On the battlefield, the life and death of a human being is decided by a piece of paper. On the front line, beautiful feelings of comradeship and solidarity are born among soldiers, but this does not lead to the glorification of war. This work became a best-seller, translated into 29 languages ​​as an indictment of war, and was made into a film in the United States in 1930 (directed by Lewis Milestone). It was also burned during the Nazi era.

[Yasushi Koga]

"All Quiet on the Western Front" translated by Toyokichi Hata (Shincho Bunko)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ドイツの作家レマルクの長編小説。1929年刊。主人公の学徒志願兵パウルは第一次世界大戦に参加した作者の分身で、この兵隊の戦争体験を通して戦争の無意味さ、空しさを追求する。荒涼たる前線では福音(ふくいん)や輪廻(りんね)の教えも別人生のことばにすぎず、哲学など無用の学でしかない。一兵卒にとっては、祖国という名称はひとかけらの価値もない。偶然に支配される人間の生のもろさはパウルの戦死で明瞭(めいりょう)に示されるが、それも一片の「異状なし」の報告で終わる。戦場では人間の生死が一枚の紙切れで始末される。前線では兵卒同士の戦友愛、連帯感の美しい心情が生まれるが、それが戦争美化にはつながらない。この作品は、戦争告発の書として29か国語に訳されるベストセラーとなり、翌1930年アメリカで映画化(ルイス・マイルストーン監督)された。また、ナチスの時代には焚書(ふんしょ)に付されている。

[古賀保夫]

『秦豊吉訳『西部戦線異状なし』(新潮文庫)』

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