Station at the Horizon
novel by Erich Maria Remarque
Station at the Horizon (German: Station am Horizont) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque, a German veteran of World War I. The book describes the search for love of a veteran and former race car driver, Kai, who is torn between Barbara, a girl from the village, Maud, an American middle-class woman, and Lilian Dunquerke, a countess.
The novel was first published in 1927/28, in a German sports magazine Sport im Bild. However, it was not published as a book until 1998.
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