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The last book i read was "In Stahlgewittern" by Ernst Jünger. His memoirs of being an officer in the german army in WW1. It is often said that - compared to "Im Westen nichts neues" ("All quiet on the western front") - it would glorify war, but after reading it i absolutely can not confirm that. He describes the horrors of war very clearly but he had another perspective on the war than Remarque.
Would i recommend it? Well... i don't know if it is available in an english translation, but if you can read german i would give it a try.
I recently learned of Ernst Jünger. I was reading about Octavio Paz, the 1991 Nobel Laureate in Literature. Following a series of links I came across a magazine article that featured some of his daughter's (Helena Garro Paz) letters to Jünger in the 70s. I ended up learning so much about the power dynamics between Mexico's government at the time and their censorship over the arts and literature. In her letters, Helena details incredibly shocking events such as threats and even the murder of Costa Rican poet Eunice Odio at the hands of President Echeverría.