EM Remarque "Three Comrades". Summary of the novel

He began writing Erich Remarque "Three Comrades" in 1932. In 1936 the work was completed, and the novel was published by the Danish publishing house. It was translated into Russian only in 1958. A careful reading of the novel "Three Comrades" (Remarque), the analysis of the work allows us to reveal his problems. The author develops in it the theme of the "lost generation". Ghosts of the past continue to persecute people who have been through the war for the rest of their lives.

E. M. Remarque "Three Comrades": summary I - VII Chapters

For a long time the war ended (World War I). In Germany, the economic crisis. And the souls and destinies of people are completely maimed. Three schoolmates, and then the front - Gottfried Lenz, Robert Lokman, Otto Kester - work in one workshop. They are engaged in repair of cars. Robert has a birthday, he turns 30 years old. He recalls his past: childhood and school years, the call to war in 1916, Kester's wound, the death of many fellow soldiers. In 1919 there was a coup. Both Robert's friends were arrested. Next - inflation and hunger. Returning home, Robert changed several professions: he was first a student, worked as a pilot, then a racer and, after all, bought his own car repair shop. Friends became his partners. The profit is small, but it allows you to live more or less normally. However, the past does not let go of comrades. They find oblivion in vodka. Lentz and Kester obtained several bottles of rum, but they will celebrate the holiday after work. Friends bought an old car and equipped it with a powerful engine. They drove out on their Karl to the track to have fun: they let expensive cars pass, and then easily overtook them. When the friends stopped to order dinner, a Buick rolled up to them. Passenger car was Patricia Holman. She took part in a merry feast. Robert rented a furnished room in the guesthouse. After the holiday, he returns there. Among his neighbors are Count Orlov, Hasse's wife, Georg Block, who dreams of becoming a student. They are all very different, but they help each other as best they can. Robert invites Pat to a date. They go to the bar. The conversation with Robert's pat was only made after a large number of rum. He escorts her home, and he returns to Fred, the owner of the bar, and gets drunk even more. Lenz advises to send Pat as an apology a bouquet of roses. Robert comes to himself and thinks about life. He remembers how they came back from the war: they were devoid of any faith in anything. Robert and Pat meet again. In a deserted street, he teaches her to drive. Then in the bar they find Lenz and together they go to a recreation park. At two owners of attractions on throwing of rings on hooks they win absolutely all prizes. Friends distribute everything except wine and frying pans.

E.M. Remarque "Three Comrades": a summary of VIII - XIV Chapters

Kester recorded "Karla" to participate in the race. Despite the banter of rivals, friends win. Barman Alphonse invites them to celebrate this business for free. Robert and Pat go unnoticed. She stays overnight with Lokman. With work it became tight. Friends buy a taxi at an auction and carry passengers in turn. Pat calls Robert back to him. Once the apartment belonged to her family, and now she removes only two rooms there. Pat talks about himself. Robert manages to sell the renovated Cadillac to the businessman Blumenthal very profitably.

E. M. Remarque "Three Comrades": a brief summary of the XV - XXI Chapters

A successful deal allows Robert to take a vacation for two weeks and go with Pat to the sea. During the rest she felt sick. The house bleeded. She has been in the hospital for two weeks. Jaffe, the attending doctor Pat, insists on additional treatment in the sanatorium. Robert gave her a thoroughbred puppy - a gift from taxi driver Gustav. There are very few passengers, that is, money. Gustav dragged Robert to the races and he miraculously won. Friends are preparing "Karl" for racing. They also repulsed a car from 4 brothers, who had an accident, but it is subject to repair. Robert leaves Pat for a week in the mountains.

E.M. Remarque "Three Comrades": a brief summary of the XXII - XXVIII Chapters

Robert returns home, and there is a new misfortune. The owner of the car repulsed bankrupt, and all his property went under the hammer. Including this car. And since he was not insured, friends from the insurance company will get nothing. Their workshop was also auctioned. The pat was assigned bed rest. Robert gets drunk with despair. In the city there is a rally. Lentz left there in the morning and still has not returned. Otto and Robert find it. At the rally, a young man with fascist slogans comes forward. When friends leave, four guys suddenly appear, one of which shoots at Lenz and kills him. Alphonse is called to help in finding a bastard. He finds it and kills. Kester and Robert go to a sanatorium. Pat let out for a walk, but she's no better. She knows about it, and friends know, but everyone is silent. She is not told about Lentz's death. Kester leaves, and Robert stays with Pat. She dreams of being happy at least for the rest of the time. In March, the mountains began to collapse. Pat becomes worse, she no longer rises. She died before dawn. Leaving painfully and hard. Pat clutched Robert's hand, but did not recognize. A new day will come without it.