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Violence
Barely any
Racing accident violence; mild intensity
Language
Barely any
Mild language in translation
Sexual Content
Some
Romantic and sexual content; tastefully handled but present
Substance Use
Barely any
Social drinking in European cafe culture
Emotional Intensity
Some
Existential themes of mortality, the desire to live fully, and the psychology of facing death
What this book is about
Clerfayt is a race car driver addicted to speed and danger. Lillian is a young woman with tuberculosis who escapes her Swiss sanatorium for one last taste of life in Paris and on the Riviera. Remarque's elegiac novel explores how the knowledge of death can make life simultaneously more precious and more unbearable.
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Themes of terminal illness and mortality
Adult romantic content
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