Erich Maria Remarque. The silence around Verdun (№ 135734)

Always the same pattern, it is repeated a hundredfold, a thousandfold: under the rays of the autumn sun lies a soldier, more precisely, a few pieces of rags, some bones, a skull, something from the equipment with a rusty buckle belt strap, a pouch for bullets. And this soldier would be very happy still to live.