"Zhizn' vzaymy" — eto zhizn', kotoruyu geroi otvoyevyvayut u smerti. Kogda teryat' uzhe nechego, kogda odin stoit na krayu gibeli, tak etu zhizn' i ne uznav, a drugomu eta treklyataya zhizn' stala nevynosima.
I kak vsegda u Remarka, tol'ko lyubov' i druzhba ostayutsya nezyblemymi. Tol'ko v nikh mozhno nayti tochku opory.
Po romanu "Zhizn' vzaymy" byl snyat fil'm s legendarnym Al' Pachino.