Arch of Triumph

<b>The evocative story of a man without a country <i>Arch of Triumph</i> is a World War II&#150;era classic from the author of <i>All Quiet on the Western Front</i>.</b><br> <b>&#160;</b><br> It is 1939. Despite a law banning him from performing surgery Ravic&#151;a German doctor and refugee living in Paris&#151;has been treating some of the city&#146;s most elite citizens for two years on the behalf of two less-than-skillful French physicians.<br> &#160;<br> Forbidden to return to his own country and dodging the everyday dangers of jail and deportation Ravic manages to hang on&#151;all the while searching for the Nazi who tortured him back in Germany. And though he&#146;s given up on the possibility of love life has a curious way of taking a turn for the romantic even during the worst of times.<br> &#160;<br> <b>&#147;The world has a great writer in Erich Maria Remarque. He is a craftsman of unquestionably first rank a man who can bend language to his will. Whether he writes of men or of inanimate nature his touch is sensitive firm and sure.&#148;&#151;<i>The New York Times Book Review</i></b>