The Night in Lisbon

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The Night in Lisbon
Cover of 1st English language edition
AuthorErich Maria Remarque
Original titleDie Nacht von Lissabon
TranslatorRalph Manheim
CountryGermany
LanguageGerman
GenreWar novel
PublisherHarcourt, Brace & World
Publication date
1962
Published in English
1964
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages244
OCLC295965

The Night in Lisbon (German: Die Nacht von Lissabon) is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque published in 1962. It revolves around the plight of two German refugees in the opening months of World War II. It is the story of one refugee telling his story to another during the course of a single night in Lisbon. The story he recounts is mainly a romantic one, and also contains a lot of action with arrests, escapes and near-misses. The novel is very realistic, Remarque was himself a German refugee (although the novel is entirely fictional), and provides excellent insight into refugee life in Europe during the early days of the war.