Rebellion: A Novel

Roth, Joseph; Hofmann, Michael

ISBN 10: 031226383X / ISBN 13: 9780312263836

Published by Picador, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rebellion: A Novel
• Publisher: Picador
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 031226383X
• ISBN 13: 9780312263836
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

From Joseph Roth, an allegorical yet decidedly modern novelist, comes this story of postwar disillusion, the limits of faith, and "personal fate as governed by the blind, casual workings of a machine controlled by no one and for which no one is responsible" (The New York Times).

When Andreas Pum returns from World War I, he has lost a leg but gained a medal. But unlike his fellow sufferers, Pum maintains his unswerving faith in God, Government, and Authority. Ironically, after a dispute, Pum is imprisoned as a rebel, and all that he believed in is now thrown into upheaval. Moving along at a breakneck clip, Rebellion captures the cynicism and upheavals of a postwar society. Its jazz-like cadences mix with social commentary to create a wise parable about justice and society.

About the Authors

Joseph Roth was born in Galicia in 1894. He worked as a journalist in Vienna and Berlin until Hitler's rise to power. In 1933, he fled to Paris, where he joined a growing community of exiled intellectuals. He died there in 1939.

Michael Hofmann is professor of Communication and Multimedia Studies at Florida Atlantic University.