Synopsis
'I have killed and yet I consider myself to be a good man.' So begins the tale of former Russian secret agent Golubchik, holding court after hours in a tiny Russian restaurant on Paris's left bank. As he recounts his tale to a rapt audience they find themselves drawn into his futile quest to claim the noble name of his father, his destructive love affair with a beautiful model and his hatred for his half-brother, the rightful Prince. Confession of a Murderer spans rural Russia, cosmopolitan St Petersburg and pre-First World War Paris and alternately fascinates and horrifies the reader with its wild story of collaboration, deception and murder in the days leading up to the Russian Revolution.
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Joseph Roth (1894-1939) was the great elegist of the cosmopolitan, tolerant and doomed Central European culture that flourished in the dying days of the Austrian Empire. He wrote thirteen novels, including The Radetzky March and The String of Pearls.
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Text: English, German (translation)
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Confession of a Murderer
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Chatto & Windus Hogarth Press, 1985
ISBN 10: 070112881X
ISBN 13: 9780701128814
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A very nice tight, bright copy.Original red cloth, gilt title to spine, 223 pages. Slight yellowing of paper stock. Translated from German by Desmond I. Vesy. First published in English in 1937, and long unavailable in English, this novel is a subtle, profoundly moral masterpiece; a terrifying insight into the insidious, corrupting powers of jealousy, ambition and unrequited love. A very nice tight, bright copy. By the author of 'The Radetzki March.' Listing with ABEbooks since 2003, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day. Seller Inventory # 1708615
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