Erich Maria Remarque - The Black Obelisk Fiction Books arise beyond the narrow scope

arise beyond the narrow scope of the personal and thus are called 'Impersonal'

Immersing himself in the culture

primarily poetry

which was totally out of step with the guiding principles of socialist realism (the only sanctioned art style in the USSR)

on both sides

Erich Maria Remarque - The Black Obelisk Fiction Books arise beyond the narrow scopeErich Maria Remarque The Black Obelisk A hardened young veteran from the First World War, Ludwig now works for a monument company, selling stone markers to the survivors of deceased loved ones. Though ambivalent about his job, he suspects there's more to life than earning a living off other people's misfortunes. A self professed poet, Ludwig soon senses a growing change in his fatherland, a brutality brought upon it by inflation. When he falls in love