What does The Arc de Triomphe mainly talk about?

The Arc de Triomphe is a novel published by German writer remarque in 1946. The novel describes the unfortunate experience of a surgeon under Nazi rule.

Lavic, a German surgeon, tried his best to escape from the prisoner camp to Paris because he couldn't bear the persecution and torture of the Nazis. Because he was an illegal immigrant who entered the country without a passport, he lived in fear all day. He once lost his confidence in life and his desire to live, but in order to get revenge, he fought against his ill-fated fate resolutely. One day, he saved Joanne, an actress who threw herself into the river, and they soon became lovers. While madly in love, Lavic revealed his identity in order to help others tide over the difficulties. The authorities finally knew that he was an illegal immigrant and deported him.

The language of the novel is vivid, the plot is tortuous and tense, gripping, and the characters' personalities and images are vividly portrayed. The work has a unique perspective. It does not directly describe the numerous crimes committed by Nazi Germany in World War II, but depicts the intellectuals' panic, doubt, confusion and hatred of German fascism in World War II with the help of the experiences and encounters of German intellectuals in exile in Paris. Accused the war of the distortion of human nature, but also praised the truth, goodness and beauty that are increasingly valuable in ugliness. This novel made the author cause a sensation in the world literary world again after all quiet on the western front.