The Radetzky March (Everyman's Library) - Hardcover

Joseph Roth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679451005 ISBN 13: 9780679451006

Publisher: Everyman's Library, 1996

Synopsis

By one of the most distinguished Austrian writers of our century, a portrait of three generations set against the panoramic background of the declining Austro-Hungarian Empire. Translated by a three-time winner of the PEN Translation Prize.

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About the Author

Joseph Roth was an Austrian novelist, essayist, journalist, and publisher who was born in 1894 and died in 1939. An outspoken critic of Hitler and militarism, he moved to Paris in 1933. Roth’s novels, though basically conservative, reflect political awareness and skepticism. His best-known novels are Job, concerning the struggle of Eastern European Jews, and The Radetzky March, written in 1933, which is an ironic portrait of the decline of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is generally considered to be his masterpiece.

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By one of the most distinguished Austrian writers of our century, a portrait of three generations set against the panoramic background of the declining Austro-Hungarian Empire. Translated by a three-time winner of the PEN Translation Prize.

Edition details

• Publisher: Everyman's Library
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679451005
• ISBN 13: 9780679451006
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 331